12.108. Dedication for Emperors and Caesars
- Description:
- A white marble statue base shaft (H. 0.42 × W. 1.77 × D. 0.46) which is broken below and at the top left-hand corner. The inscribed face was turned inwards when the stone was re-used, and has been revealed only by the collapse of the adjoining wall; only the upper part is visible, to about 0.70 from the upper edge.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Based on the standard square script of the second and third centuries, but with some new features; Ν and Η each have a decorative crossbar (Ν throughout, Η in l. 5 but not in l. 1); omega is in an unusual form; and there is a square sigma in line 5. The lettering of the last two lines is less correct. The interlinear space, c. 0.015 between lines 1-3, increases to 0.04-0.05 between lines 3-5, giving an inelegant overall appearance; a possible explanation is that the mason initially omitted l. 2, and then inserted it.
- Date:
- A.D. 293-311 (reigns).
- Findspot:
- Walls, North-east: re-used in the wall at the north-east corner of the Stadium. .
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1975).
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Paris and Holleaux; by Reichel, 5 June 1893 (R.I.12b); recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by •Paris & Holleaux, no. 9; by •Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 9, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 152.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché); Reichel notebook; publication. This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν
- 2 κυρίων Αὐτοκρα -
- 3 τόρων καὶ Καισά-
- 4ρων αἰωνίου
- 5 vac. διαμονῆς
- 1[··]ΕΡΤΗΣΤΩΝ
- 2[··]ΡΙΩΝΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ
- 3[·]ΟΡΩΝΚΑΙΚΑΙΣ·
- 4ΡΩΝΑΙΩΝΙΟΥ
- 5 ΔΙΑΜΟΝΗΣ
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ὑπ
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κυ
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Αὐτοκρα
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καὶ
Καισ
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ά
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ά
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ρων
αἰωνίου
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διαμονῆς
Apparatus
The letters highlighted were recorded by Paris and Holleaux and Reichel, but had been lost when the stone was read in the 1970s.
Translation:
For the eternal endurance of the lords Imperators and Caesars.
Commentary:
See further discussion at ala2004 II.17.
Photographs:
- Front face (1975)
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- Front face (1975)
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- View in situ (1975)
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Representations:
- Squeeze
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- Reichel notebook I, page 12 (1893)
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