C 2314

Text Information

Siglum
C 2314
Alternative Sigla
Al-Namārah.M 186, Dunand 655 ter, Wadd 2264, Graham 1859: 293, no. 18
Transliteration
ΕΠΙ Α(ΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟϹ) Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΥ ΚΟΚΩ -----
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Translation
Under the Emperor M[arcus] Aur[elius] Antoninus ----
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Language and Script
Greek

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
Not read in Dussaud V 260, nor in C;
Commentary
The inscription was left unfinished. Its present position over the door to a mediaeval mausoleum, built from the debris of the Roman fort, is secondary.

  • Graham, C.C. Additional Inscriptions from the Hauran and the Eastern Desert of Syria. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom 2nd. series, 6, 1859: 270-323.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
  • [Wadd] Waddington, W.H. Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie recueillies et expliquées. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1870.
Site
Al-Namārah “island”, Jordan
Current Location
In situ
Old OCIANA ID
#0005518
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA