Pompeii temple Isis inscription

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Pompeii: Temple of Isis, inscription for N. Popidius Celsinus

Pompeii: Temple of Isis inscription (CIL 10-00846)

This image shows the inscription at the entrance to the Temple of Isis, placed in honor of N. Popidius Celsinus, whose father helped rebuild the temple after the earthquake of AD 62.
The text of the Latin inscription (CIL 10, 00846) is as follows:
"N(umerius) Popidius N(umeri) f(ilius) Celsinus / aedem Isidis terrae motu conlapsam / a fundamento p(ecunia) s(ua) restituit hunc decuriones ob liberalitatem / cum esset annorum sexs(!) ordini suo gratis adlegerunt."
This may be briefly translated as:
"Numerius Popidius Celsinus, son of Numerius, [when] the Temple of Isis collapsed due to an earthquake, provided the funding to restore it."

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	This image shows the inscription at the entrance to the Temple of Isis, placed in honor of N. Popidius Celsinus, whose father helped rebuild the temple after the earthquake of AD 62. The text of the Latin inscription (CIL 10, 00846) is as follows: "N(umerius) Popidius N(umeri) f(ilius) Celsinus / aedem Isidis terrae motu conlapsam / a fundamento p(ecunia) s(ua) restituit hunc decuriones ob liberalitatem / cum esset annorum sexs(!) ordini suo gratis adlegerunt." This may be briefly translated as: "Numerius Popidius Celsinus, son of Numerius, [when] the Temple of Isis collapsed due to an earthquake, provided the funding to restore it."
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Pompeii: Temple of Isis, inscription for N. Popidius Celsinus

Pompeii: Temple of Isis inscription (CIL 10-00846)

This image shows the inscription at the entrance to the Temple of Isis, placed in honor of N. Popidius Celsinus, whose father helped rebuild the temple after the earthquake of AD 62.

The text of the Latin inscription (CIL 10, 00846) is as follows:

"N(umerius) Popidius N(umeri) f(ilius) Celsinus / aedem Isidis terrae motu conlapsam / a fundamento p(ecunia) s(ua) restituit hunc decuriones ob liberalitatem / cum esset annorum sexs(!) ordini suo gratis adlegerunt."

This may be briefly translated as:

"Numerius Popidius Celsinus, son of Numerius, [when] the Temple of Isis collapsed due to an earthquake, provided the funding to restore it."

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