Description:
Small white marble stele (W. 0.13 × H. 0.21 × D. 0.95), damaged above and at the bottom right corner, consisting of an inscribed base with oblique left side (right side lost) carrying a nude male three-quarter figure with head surviving as far as the chin only, arms as far as the elbows and legs as far as the knees.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
l.1, 0.012, l.2, 0.008.
Date:
Probably first century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
South Agora: 'P. of T. SE 86-1'.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1989)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1986 (86.28).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 stop Ἀφροδ̣[ίτῃ ··]
2 vac. ΧΗΑΝ̣[·· c. 4 ··]
1 stop ΑΦΡΟ·[·····]
2   ΧΗΑ·[····]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="stop" />
Ἀφρο
<unclear reason="damage" >
δ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ίτῃ
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
χηα
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

?To Aphrodite [·· ? ··] ?dedicated

Commentary:

Aphrodite's name may have been followed by a cult title, or by the name of a female dedicator, with ἀνέθηκε in full or incomplete

Photographs:

Face (1989)
 Face (1989)
Face (1989)
 Face (1989)

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