RIB 320. Dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus of Doliche (original) (raw)

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Support

Type of object

Plaque

Material

Sandstone

Dimensions

W 1.22 (min.) × H at least 0.91

Site

Caerleon (Isca)

Find context

In the manor of St. Julian’s, near Caerleon.

Find date

1653

Modern location

Now lost.

Institution/acc. #

(unknown)

Text field

Style of lettering

In capital letters.

Letter heights

(not specified)

Text

Origin of text

Caerleon

Ancient site

Isca

Text type

Religious dedication

Date

a.d. 161-9

Dating criteria

titulature

Edition

Iovi O(ptimo) M(aximo) Dolich[e]ṇ[o ...]
F̣ronṭo Aemilianus [...]
Calpurnius [...]
Rufilianus [l]eg[atus]
Augustorum
monitu

IOVI O M DOLICH[.]Ṇ[...]
F̣RONṬO AEMILIANVS [...]
CALPVRNIVS [...]
RVFILIANVS [.]EG[...]
AVGVSTORVM
MONITV

Iovi O(ptimo) M(aximo) Dolich[e]ṇ[o ...] |F̣ronṭo Aemilianus [...] |Calpurnius [...] |Rufilianus [l]eg[atus] | 5 Augustorum |monitu

Apparatus

1-2. iovi·o·m·dolichv|i ·. oni·o·aemilianvs, Aubrey; iovi·m·dolich . . v . . . . |froni . . o aemilianvs, Ashmole MS. 2. i[vn]oni d(olichenae), Seidl conj., i[vn]oni [c(ornelivs)], conjectured by Hueb. but questioned by Klebs, Dessau and Rohden (ed.), PIR¹ i 439, no. 1062; [pet]roni[vs] aemilianvs, Hueb. EE iv, by conjecture; fron[t]o aemilianvs, conjectured by F.H., and adopted tentatively by Groag PIR² ii 75 no. 310. He may well have been c . ivl |fronto (cf. PW s.v. Iulius nos. 247, 250) R.P.W. 4. rvfilianvs . . ec or rvpilianvs . . ec Aubrey; rvfilianvs [v·c·l]eg or rvtilianvs [v·c·l]eg (addit. p. 306), Hueb. by conjecture.

Translation

To Jupiter Best and Greatest, of Doliche … Fronto Aemilianus … Calpurnius … Rufilianus, legate of the emperors, (set this up) at the bidding (of the god).

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