10. Inscription to Tyche and the Nemeses of Smyrna - Asturica Augusta
Description
Ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ / Θεαῖς Νεμέσεσιν / Ζμυρναίαις / σεβασμιωτάταις / Ἰούλ(ιος) Σιλουανὸς / Μελανίων / ἐπίτρ(οπος) ∙ Σεβ(αστοῦ) ∙ εὐχήν.
Code
10
Title
10. Inscription to Tyche and the Nemeses of Smyrna - Asturica Augusta
Text of the inscription
Ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ / Θεαῖς Νεμέσεσιν / Ζμυρναίαις / σεβασμιωτάταις / Ἰούλ(ιος) Σιλουανὸς / Μελανίων / ἐπίτρ(οπος) ∙ Σεβ(αστοῦ) ∙ εὐχήν.
Other name
Ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ Θεαῖς Νεμέσεσιν Ζμυρναίαις σεβασμιωτάταις Ἰούλιος Σιλουανὸς Μελανίων ἐπίτροπος Σεβαστοῦ εὐχήν
σεβ(αστὴν)
σεβ(αστὴν)
Textual source
AE 1986, 231.
Before García y Bellido read σεβ(αστὴν).
Before García y Bellido read σεβ(αστὴν).
Number of deities
2
Theonym 1
Onomastic attribute 1
Ἀγαθῇ
Theonym 2
Onomastic attribute 2
Θεαῖς, Ζμυρναίαις and σεβασµιώταταις in plural because the dual or plural/character of the toponymic invocation from Smyrna.
Institutions and individuals involved
1
Dedicant/s
Chronology
198-209 AE, during the office.
Terminus post quem
198 AE
Terminus ante quem
209 AE
Dating criteria
Prosopography
Location
Place of conservation
Retrieved reused in the walls, now in the Museo de los Caminos. Defined as votive "lápida".
Condition of conservation
In museum
Support
Cippus
Size (cm)
98 x 47,5/44/48 x 27/26/28
Material
Marble
AE
AE 1968, 231
Further bibliography
ERPLe 61. ILAR 4 = HAE 2455 = ENAR 4 = MRCL 116.
A. García y Bellido, Lápidas votivas a deidades exóticas halladas recientemente en Astorga y León, Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 163, 1968, pp.191-209.
A. García y Bellido, Lápidas votivas a deidades exóticas halladas recientemente en Astorga y León, Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 163, 1968, pp.191-209.
HEpOL
Last update
05/07/2021
Author
Lorenzo Pérez Yarza (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
