9.33. Honours for Marcus Lepidus
- Description:
- Rectangular white marble statue base, with moulding above on four sides and below on three sides (W. 0.63 × H. 1.17 × D. 0.43). Chipped on all edges, upper front corners broken.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.04
- Date:
- Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
- Findspot:
- South Agora: in 'East Agora Trench 5'
- Original Location:
- Almost certainly in the Sebasteion
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1978)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1977 (77.123; SBI 48)
- Bibliography:
- published by Reynolds, PCPS 206 (1980), no. 15, whence SEG 1980.1251; BE 1982.355; AnnEpig 1980.876, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 202.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds), publications. This edition Reynolds (1980).
- 1 v. Μᾶρκον v.
- 2Λέπιδον
- 2a vacat
- 1 ΜΑΡΚΟΝ
- 2ΛΕΠΙΔΟΝ
- 2a vacat
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
Μᾶρκον
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
Λέπιδον
<lb
n="2a"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="vertical"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
(Statue of) Marcus Lepidus.
Commentary:
Probably one of the Sebasteion group of dedications to the imperial family (9.37=72.224, 9.38=72.237, 9.39=72.275, 9.40=73.145, 9.33=77.123, 9.26=80.172, 9.27=82.108, 9.35=82.109, 9.28=82.116, 9.34=82.117, 9.29=82.118, 9.36=82.210, 9.30=84.30, 9.31=84.31, and 9.32=84.41). On these see Reynolds (1996), 'Ruler-cult at Aphrodisias'.
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
-
- Face (2001)
-
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 5 to validate this file.)