Object type
inscription
Fabric
stone matrial, construction and architectural of the Roman period
Culture/period
Greece
Materials
gray marble
Technique
carved
Mint
Production date
-75 / -25
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Empúries. Neàpolis
Township
Escala, l' (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Alt Empordà)
Dimensions
110 x 330 x 58 mm
Description
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Incomplete plate in grey marble from the Pyrenees, most likely from Saint-Beat. The three fragments preserved were found scattered in the southern sector of the Greek city of Emporion. The inscription is in capital letters and consists of 12 lines of text, in two halves, with the same text written in Latin and Greek. It is a dedication by a so-called Numas, probably a merchant, to the Alexandrian divinities of Isis and Serapis. The transcription of the text, once restored, should be as follows:
“To Isis and Serapis, Numas, son of Numeri, originally from Alexandria, out of devotion had the temple built, the statues and the porticos"
[Isidi et Sera]pi aedem / [simulacr]a porticus / [Numas N]umeni f(ilius) / [Alexandri]nus / [pietatis op]us faciu/[ndum cur(avit) // [EIEIDIS]ARAPI /[STO]ANNOYMAS/ NOYME]NIOYADE/[XAN]DREYS / [EYS]EBES · EPOEI
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Empúries
Omeka ID
108