§46 To Hadrian

To Hadrian

(0046) Text: [Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) divi Traiani Parth(ici) f(ilio) div]i Ner[v(ae) n(epoti)] | [Traiano Hadriano Aug(usto) pontifici maxi]mo | [trib(unicia) pot(estate) XIX/XX imp(eratori) II co(n)s(uli) III p(atri) p(atriae)] | […]os lib(ertus) eius | [per vexill(ationes) leg(ionum) … et] X Fr(etensis) et II | [Trai(anae) et … et … et] XII Fulm(inatae) | […]

Translation: For the imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, son of the deified Traianus Parthicus, grandson of the deified Nerva […]us his freedman handbuilt this with the help of the vexillations of the legio […], legio X Fretensis, legio II Traiana, […], and legio XII Fulminata […]

Commentary: A Monumental building dedicated by an imperial freedman and build by soldiers of no less than five legions (CIIP).

Provenience: Jerusalem/Aelia Capitolina, Palestine 117-138 CE

Bibliography: AE 1904.91; AE 2009.1604; CIIP 1.717*