AIO 3846

AIO 3846 Date: 1st-2nd century AD

[- - -]ος θεο[ῦ - - -] [Αὐτοκ]ράτορος[- - -]

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AIO 3846 (Translated text) (AIO)

IG II² 3231 (PHI)

IG II² 3232 (PHI)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Monument type: Fragment

Inscription type: Uncertain

Findspot: Agora (north slope of the Acropolis, at the Church of Hypapanti)? (EM 3949)

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[1] Textual note: A. Benjamin and A. E. Raubitschek, Hesperia 28, 1959, 65 n. 6 argue that IG II² 3231 and 3232 are doublets. Kirchner in IG II² restores them as altars for Augustus to which Hadrian's name had been subsequently added [Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρ]ος θεο[ῦ υἱοῦ Σεβαστοῦ | Αὐτοκ]ράτορος [Καίσαρος Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ] ("of emperor Caesar, son of the [God, Augustus], of emperor [Caesar Hadrian Augustus]") but Benjamin and Raubitschek reject this, since both lines of text are inscribed in the same hand. Very many restorations are possible.

This fragmentary inscription preserves part of a Roman emperor's titulature. It was located in a store of inscriptions in the Temple of Hephaistos by the late 19^th century and is probably the same as an inscription seen by K. S. Pittakys in the Church of Hypanti (northwest of the Acropolis) sometime before 1835 (L'ancienne Athènes, 1835, p. 36).

Added: 24 Jul 2026
Updated: 24 Jul 2026
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