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Geographical area |
The Near East and Beyond
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Region |
Arabia
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Site |
Gerasa
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Association with unknown name |
U-NEA-001
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Source(s) |
I.Gerasa 50 (AD 75/6)
SEG 32: 1538 (ii-iii AD)
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Online Resources |
I.Gerasa 50
SEG 32: 1538
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Greek dedicatory inscriptions
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Physical format(s) |
The first inscription (I.Gerasa 50) was built into the Northwest Gate. The second (SEG 32: 1538) was written on a small limestone altar.
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Source(s) provenance |
Jerash
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Members |
Possibly referred to as οἱ τ[ῆ]ς Ἀρ[τέμιδος -----], hoi t[e]s Ar[temidos ...] in I.Gerasa 50, l. 2. Mention of one ἀρτεμεισιασ(τής) (l. ἀρτεμισιαστής) artemisiastes in SEG 32: 1538, ll. 8-9.
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Comments |
There is a strong possibility that there existed an association of Artemis in Gerasa. The first, fragmentary text (I.Gerasa 50), dated to AD 75/6, records the dedication of the hiera pyle by a group called οἱ τ[ῆ]ς Ἀρ[τέμιδος -----], hoi t[e]s Ar[temidos]. The second inscription (SEG 32: 1538), possibly from the 2nd/3rd century AD, records a dedication to Leukothea by an ἀρτεμεισιασ(τής), artemeisias(tes). It is impossible to prove a relationship between the texts.
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Bibliography |
Gatier, P.-L. (1982), ‘Inscriptions religieuses de Gérasa’, ADAJ 26: 269-75, esp. 274-5, no. 4 (SEG 32: 1538).
Welles, C.B. (1938), ‘The Inscriptions’, in C.H. Kraeling (ed.), Gerasa. City of the Decapolis, New Haven: 353-494.
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Private association |
Possible
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Note |
See comments above; the existence of an association of Artemis seems assured, but its name and history are unclear.
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