9.41. Title for images of Claudius and Britannia
- Description:
- False 'base' in relief with simple moulding above, and a central mask in relief (W. 1.28-W. 1.53 × H. 0.42 × D. 0.78)
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face, a to the left, b to the right of central mask
- Letters:
- 1st century A.D.; 0.05
- Date:
- A.D. 44/54 (lettering, emperor)
- Findspot:
- Sebasteion
- Original Location:
- Sebasteion
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1980)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1980 (80.159)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reynolds, ZPE 43 (1981), 317-27, no.8, whence SEG 31 1981.918, BullEp 1982.356; mentioned SEG 35.1082; published by K. T. Erim, Britannia 13 (1982) 277-281 whence BullEp 1983.393, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 917 ; published by Smith, JRS 77 (1987), 55, no. 6.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1981).
- 1 Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος
- 2 Καῖσαρ
- 1 Βρεττανία
- 1ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ
- 2ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
- 1ΒΡΕΤΤΑΝΙΑ
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Τιβέριος
Κλαύδιος
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Καῖσαρ
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Βρεττανία
Translation:
a: Tiberius Claudius Caesar. b: Britannia
Commentary:
One of the false bases supporting imperial relefs in the Sebasteion. See Reynolds loc. cit., and R. R. R. Smith, The imperial reliefs from the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias, Journal of Roman Studies 77 (1987) 88-138.
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
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