ERC MAP - View Testimony #2204

View Testimony #2204

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Creation : 2020-03-29 17:27:26 by Giuseppina Marano
Latest Edition : 2022-11-30 11:58:56 by Giuseppina Marano

Source

#1709

Main Edition

IGLS XV

Reference

137

Validation

Validated (Open Access)

Passage

A, l. 5-6

Linked Testimonies (0)

Prose

Poetry

With restitution

Διì πα-
τρῴῳ θεῷ

Transliteration

Dii pa-
trôiôi theôi

Translations

French	English
pour Zeus Dieu Ancestral	for Zeus Ancestral God

Quality of reading

(1) Confident reading

Connected Acts

Offering

Occasions

Materials

Agents

Designation

Soldat
Soldier
stratiôtês
Agourênos

Agencies

Addresser

Natures

Human

Genders

Male

Explicit Statuses

Citizen

Activities

War

Location

Real ?	Yes
Political Entity
Region	Near East
Sub-region	Arabia
Place
Site
Topographies
Functions
Commentary

Commentary

The name of the legion to which the soldier belongs has been hammered and it is the Third Gallica Legion. The final word seems an ethnic, because of the mention of the Agoubênoi by Claudius Ptolemy (Geography V, 18), who according to him live on the margins of Arabia Felix. For this reason, the word is corrected by Littmann (PAES III A, 795) in Agoubênos. The second addresser is the brother of the soldier, who appears as co-dedicant, but does not have the status of soldier; we can easily imagine that the origin is the same.
Le nom de la légion à laquelle appartient le soldat a été martelé et c'est la III^e Légion Gallica. Le mot final semble un ethnique, en raison de la mention des Agoubênoi par Claude Ptolémée (Géographie V, 18), qui selon lui vivent aux marges de l'Arabie Felix. Pour cette raison, le mot est corrigé par Littmann (PAES III A, 795) en Agoubênos. Le second destinateur est le frère du soldat, qui apparaît comme co-dédicant, mais qui ne semble pas avoir le statut de soldat ; on peut facilement imaginer qu'il est originaire du même endroit.

Commentary

The ancestral god mentioned here is clearly identified with Zeus, as is the case of Mushennef (IGLS XVI, 815), which does not avoid any ambiguity since it can be the ancestral god of Mseikeh as well as that of the homeland of origin of the dedicants.
Le dieu ancestral dont il est question ici est clairement identifié à Zeus, comme c'est le cas aussi à Mushennef (IGLS XVI, 815), ce qui ne lève pas toute ambiguïté puisque ce peut être le dieu ancestral de Mseikeh aussi bien que celui de la patrie d'origine des dédicants.

Elements

#1	Element	#4 Ζεύς
	Element in Context	Διì
	Suffix ?
	Morphological form	Dative
	Gender	Masculine
	Number	Singular
	Contextual Category
#2	Element	#34 Πατρῷος, α, ον
	Element in Context	πατρῴῳ
	Suffix ?
	Morphological form	Dative
	Gender	Masculine
	Number	Singular
	Contextual Category
#3	Element	#28 Θεός, Θεά
	Element in Context	θεῷ
	Suffix ?
	Morphological form	Dative
	Gender	Masculine
	Number	Singular
	Contextual Category

Formulae

Position	Formula	Divine Powers	Creator
#1	{4}#[{34}#{28}]	1	Giuseppina Marano

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