Description:
Left corner block of a white marble architrave block broken on all sides (W. 0.695 × H. 0.30 x D. c. 0.60).
Text:
Inscribed on two fasciae.
Letters:
l.1, 0.05; l.2, 0.045.
Date:
First century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Bouleuterion/Odeon, East area: 'E. Odeon complex, E.path, at -0.75' (depth).
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.379)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1Ἀφροδεί̣τ̣[ῃ ·· ? ··]
2 ἐκ θεμελίων ΣΜ̣Ε̣[·· ? ··]
1ΑΦΡΟΔΕ··[· - - - ]
2ΕΚΘΕΜΕΛΙΩΝΣ··[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Ἀφροδε
<unclear reason="damage" >
ίτ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
ἐκ
θεμελίων
<orig n="unresolved" >
σ
<unclear reason="damage" >
με
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 2, M could be N, or Υ, giving ? σὺν. The final letter is very uncertain

Translation:

??To Aphrodite [·· ? ·· built] from the foundations [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

The probability is that this is from the dedication of a building to the goddess; given the layout it is unlikely that she was herself credited with the building, although that is possible, as in 12.914 (=CIG 2749).

Photographs:
none.

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