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Last Updated on 24 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 665: U-NEA-008

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Syria
iii. Site Abila Lysaniou

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-NEA-008

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 166 / 167 AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 39: 1565 (AD 166/7)
Note The date was originally given as AD 321/2, counted by the Sidonian Era, but this seems much too high. Using the Seleucid Era results in a reasonable date.
Online Resources SEG 39: 1565
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Engraved on the lintel of a door
ii. Source(s) provenance Court of a sanctuary

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects βωμός, bomos (l. 8)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials ἱερεὺς δὶα βίου, hiereus dia biou (l. 9). But see comments.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 11 or 12 (see comments)

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The dedication is made for the well-being of the emperors to Kronos, "according to the oracle of the gods Zeus and Apis of Abila" (ll. 1-2).
Deities worshipped Kronos, Zeus, Apis (?)

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Aliquot, J. (2009), La vie religieuse au Liban sous l’empire romain. Beyrouth: 115, 162.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It is not clear whether or not there was an organized group, and if so, whether or not the priest belonged to it (or rather to the sanctuary).