Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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3. Honours for a son of Gallienus
Description
- Monument:
Two adjoining fragments of a white marble base, without moulding (together 0.46 × 1.08 × 0.42). The upper left corner survives as a separate fragment.
- Text:
Inscribed on the face; the text must have begun on a crowning feature.
- Letters:
0.025; ligature, l. 3.
- Date:
AD 256-260
(content).
Text
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[...] |
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τὸν ἐπ[ι]φα[νέστα]- |
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τoν Καίσα[ρα]
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vacat |
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ἡ λαμπροτάτη Ἀ-
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φροδεισιέων πό- |
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scroll λις scroll
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Translation
[...] the most renowned Caesar; the most splendid city of the Aphrodisians (put up his statue).
Photographs
| Upper left corner fragment, a (1976) |
Main block, b (1978) |
Main block, b (1980)
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Main block, b, detail (1980)
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Commentary
See discussion at I.10.
Locations
- Found:
City walls: reused in the south central stretch, in the excavated area.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Fragment a in Museum, b (the main block) at findspot.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1976 (a, 76.54; b, unnumbered).
- Bibliography:
Published by •Roueché (1981), 2, whence SEG 1981.907, An.Ép. 1981.766; republished by Roueché in Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 3, whence PHI 212.
- Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).
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