2.109. Statue dedication of Aphrodite
- Description:
- White marble statue base upper plinth, with moulding on three sides and roughed out, but not completed, on the back (W. c. 0.36 × H. c. 1.20 × D. c. 1.03) There is a clamp hole on the underside for an attachment; the top is not currently visible. The plinth supported the statue of Aphrodite now in the Aphrodisias Museum.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the lower fascia (W. 0.865 × H. 0.085). The stone is complete except for chipping at the upper right corner and along edges; the text must have been completed on a lower feature.
- Letters:
- well-cut, with elaborate serifs; 0.075
- Date:
- Late second to early third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Standing in the cavea of the Odeon (1993)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (SBI 119; Odeon 17)
- Bibliography:
- Previously unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1θεὰν Ἀφροδεί-
- 1a[ταν ·· ? ··]
- 1ΘΕΑΝΑΦΡΟΔΕΙ
- 1a[··· - - - ]
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θεὰν
Ἀφροδεί
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ταν
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Translation:
Goddess Aphrodi[te ·· ? ··]
Commentary:
A staue of the goddess must have stood above: the name of the donor/dedicator no doubt followed. It would obviously be likely that the main civic deity should be honoured in the Bouleuterion, but it is hardly less appropriate in an Odeon.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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