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Near Mount Grafon, 193-194 CE. Molestone.
Transcription

Imperator Caesar Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus princeps senatus consul II tribunicia potestate pater patriae et Caesar Publius Helvius Pertinax Princeps Iuventutis per Publium Aelium Severianum Legatum Augusti pro praetore XXXX

Translation

The Emperor Caesar Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus, Leader of the Senate, Twice consul, holder of the tribunician power, Father of the Country and Caesar Publius Helvius Pertinax, his son, Leader of the Equestrian Order, by the Envoy of the Emperor, acting Praetor (i.e. governor) Publius Aelius Severianus. Forty (miles)

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:

Languages

Latin

Dimensions

H: 83 cm; W: 38 cm; D: —

Date

193 CE to 194 CE

Current location

Avdat National Park

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Ben David, Chaim, and Benjamin Isaac. “Six Milestone Stations and New Inscriptions Discovered in the Negev along the Petra-Gaza Incense Route.” Palestine Exploration Quarterly 152 (2020): 234–47. insc IMC 706.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Ben David, Chaim, and Benjamin Isaac. “Six Milestone Stations and New Inscriptions Discovered in the Negev along the Petra-Gaza Incense Route.” Palestine Exploration Quarterly 152 (2020): 234–47. insc IMC 706.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Ben David, Chaim, and Benjamin Isaac. “Six Milestone Stations and New Inscriptions Discovered in the Negev along the Petra-Gaza Incense Route.” Palestine Exploration Quarterly 152 (2020): 234–47. insc IMC 706.
    Zotero
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