11.62. Honours for Cornelia Salonina
- Description:
- A white marble statue base shaft without moulding (H. 1.04 × W. 0.44 × D. 0.45); complete, but worn along the upper edge, and pierced for later use as a well-head.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face; the text must have begun on a crowning feature.
- Letters:
- ll.1-2, 0.025; ll.3-5, 0.022. Ligatures: ΗΝ, l.2; ΤΗ, l.3.
- Date:
- A.D. 253-260 (reign).
- Findspot:
- City, Village: reused upright to serve as a wellhead, just north east of the Theatre.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1980).
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Loew; copied by Waddington; copied by Reichel (R.I.25); recorded by the MAMA expedition; recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by •Franz, no. b.6, from Loew; published by •Waddington, LBW 1625; published by •Cormack from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, 453. Published by •Roueché (1981), no. 1, whence BE 1982.357; An.Ép. 1981.765; republished by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 2, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 210.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché); publications. This edition Roueché (2007).
- 0[Ἰουλίαν Κορνη]-
- 1λ̣ί̣αν Σαλ̣ων̣[εῖ]-
- 2ναν Σεβαστὴν̣
- 2a vacat
- 3ἡ λαμπροτάτη Ἀ-
- 4φροδεισ̣[ι]έων πό-
- 5 scroll [λις] scroll
- 0[············]
- 1··ΑΝΣΑ·Ω·[··]
- 2ΝΑΝΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ·
- 2a vacat
- 3ΗΛΑΜΠΡΟΤΑΤΗΑ
- 4ΦΡΟΔΕΙ·[·]ΕΩΝΠΟ
- 5 scroll [···] scroll
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Ἰουλίαν
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Κορνη
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n="1"
type="worddiv"
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<unclear
reason="damage"
>
λί
</unclear>
αν
Σα
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>
λ
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ω
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ν
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εῖ
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ναν
Σεβαστ
ὴ
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>
ν
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ἡ
λαμπροτά
τη
Ἀ
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φροδει
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reason="damage"
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σ
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ι
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έων
πό
<lb
n="5"
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<g
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λις
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<g
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Apparatus
The earlier copies show no significant variant readings.
Translation:
[?Julia Corne]lia Salonina Augusta. The most splendid city of the Aphrodisians (put up her statue).
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 I.10.
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
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- Face (1980)
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- Upper part (1975)
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Representations:
- Upper part: transcription by Reichel (1893): I.25
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