AgoraXVIII 282 Altar of Augustus or Nero

Altar of Augustus or Nero

Agora XVIII 282 Date: 27 BC – 69 AD

uninscribed space . . . of Emperor . . .

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Agora XVIII 282 (Translated text) (AIO)

Translation by: Chris de Lisle

Images: Agora Excavations - (1)

Monument type: Plaque

Inscription type: Dedication (public, emperor)

Findspot: Acropolis, north slope (Ag. I 5286)

Transliterations on Places on

[1] This fragment seems to derive from the revetment plaque from an Imperial altar for a Julio-Claudian emperor – probably Augustus (for other altars of Augustus, see Agora XVIII 275 and on Augustus and Athens, see SEG 29.168 with notes) or Nero (cf. SEG 32.252).

Added: 24 Jul 2026
Updated: 24 Jul 2026
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