Greek and Palmyrene inscription
- Title:
- Greek and Palmyrene inscription
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
130-135 CE
2009 (image)
- Site:
- Homs Governorate, Syria (discovery or acquisition site) (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Homs Governorate, Syria (discovery or acquisition site) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0463
- Accession Number:
- 463
- File Name:
- CCC_0463.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 44.5 (H) x 44.5 (W) cm
- Culture:
- Palmyrene and Greek
- Style/Period:
- Roman Imperial, Hadrianic
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
limestone block with inscription (original) - Subject:
- Zeus (Greek deity)
Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 42.5 x 42 x 5 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of a bilingual inscription in Greek and Palmyrene that is housed in the British Museum. It records the dedication of an arch and a couch by Agathangelos of Abila, a city in the Decapolis, to Zeus Keraunios (the Thunderer) for the safety or safe passage of the Emperor Hadrian.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 1858,0817.1 or 125025 - Bibliography:
- T. Edward Colebrooke, "Proceedings of the Fifty-Ninth Anniversary Meeting of the Society, Held on the 15th of May, 1882," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 14 (1882), 331
see British Museum online catalog entry for this item. - Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
London, British Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.