4.302. Sculptor's signature: ?Menodotos
- Description:
- White marble statue of a draped woman, on an oval plinth; for publication, see bibliography.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the front face of the plinth.
- Letters:
- 0.015.
- Date:
- First century A.D. (lettering, sculpture)
- Findspot:
- South Agora, Agora Gate: south-east of the Agora Gate
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1983 (83.122)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Erim-Reynolds, 'Sculptors' no.7, whence SEG 40 1990.930. Published, with the statue, by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, no. 85
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1991).
- 1[Μηνόδοτος ·· ? ·· ·· ? ··]μάχου τοῦ Μηνοδότ̣[ου]
- 2 vac. ἐποίει [·· ? ·· ? vac. ] vac.
- 1[········· - - - - - - ]ΜΑΧΟΥΤΟΥΜΗΝΟΔΟ·[··]
- 2 ΕΠΟΙΕΙ[ - - - ···]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Μηνόδοτος
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
μάχου
τοῦ
Μηνοδό
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ου
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
ἐποίει
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</supplied>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
Translation:
Menodotos, son of [...] [?-]machos, the son of Menodotos, made (this).
Commentary:
See Erim-Reynolds, loc. cit., with a reference to 8.52; see also Smith.
Photographs:
- Text, right end (1985)
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- Statue (1985)
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