AIO 2743 Statue base for Septimius Severus

Statue base for Septimius Severus

AIO 2743 Date: 193-210 AD

[- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -] [Σεβῆρον Εὐ]σεβῆ [Περτίνακα] [Σεβαστὸν] Ἀραβικ[όν Ἀδιαβηνικὸν] [Παρθικὸν] μέγισ[τον - ] [μέγισ]το[ν? ]

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AIO 2743 (Translated text) (AIO)

IG II² 3417 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Base

Inscription type: Statue base

Findspot: Acropolis, near Erechtheion (In situ)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] Textual Note: This inscription seems to give part of the titulature of Septimius Severus (r. 193-210), but the reconstruction in IG with "Arabicus" following "Adiabenicus" is unparalleled. AIO tentatively offers a text based on the usual title. The last word in l. 3 might be ἀρχιερέα "pontifex" (cf. IG XII 5 658, I Aph. 8.36), which would suggest a date in or after 198, or Βρεταννικὸν "Britannicus" (cf. IK Rhod. Peraia 159), which would place the inscription in 210.

On Athenian statues and dedications connected with the Severan dynasty, see SEG 34.184.

Added: 28 Jul 2023
Updated: 28 Jul 2023
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