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LSA-818
Plaque, probably from base for statue of Julian, emperor. Samos (Insulae). 361-363
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Samos
Province:
Insulae
Region:
Aegean Islands, with Crete
Details:
Unknown
Current Location:
Museum of Pythagorion, storerooms (without published inv. no.)
OBJECT
Object:
Plaque
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
No
Form:
Unknown
Height(cm):
48
Width(cm):
44
Depth(cm):
10
Language:
Greek
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Julian
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Name lost
Position:
Awarder Unknown or Uncertain
DATE
Earliest:
361
Latest :
363
MAIN REFERENCE
Inscriptiones Graecae
, XII, 6, 1, 427
INSCRIPTION
Text:
------------ / [------------ἁγ]/νείᾳ χρησάμενο[ν, τὸν τῆς] / αὐταξίας ταύτης αἴτιον, [τὸν] /(4) [[θ̣ειό̣τ̣[α]τον τῆ̣ς̣ ὑφ’ ἡ̣λίῳ [δε]]]/[[σπ[ό]τ̣η̣ν, τ̣ὸν καλλίν̣ει[κον]]] / Αὔγουστον Ἰο̣υλιανὸν ω--]] / συνέστηκεν, ὃς τὰ πάντα τ[οῦ] / κόσμου τοῦ οἰκείου πε[ρι]/φανῶς ἔκπειπτον (or: ἐκπείπτον(τα)?)
Trans:
... set (this) up (to) Julian, intimate with purity, the author of this good order, the most divine Lord of the world under the sun, the triumphant Augustus[---]who ... conspicuously the whole of the inhabited world arising ... .
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