Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

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82. Verse honours for Albinus

Description

• Monument: The upper part of a columnar statue base shaft (H. c. 0.40, diam. 0.50) of bluish marble, chipped above and broken below.
• Text: Inscribed on one side.
• Letters: 0.04 - 0.045; lunate.
• Date: Sixth century (lettering, prosopography).

Text

Translation

To Good Fortune. The city, repaying his (good) works, set up (this statue of) Albinus, lover of his country, enjoying untold gold [?which he has given ...].

Photographs

Left view (1975)	Centre and right	Top of base (1994)

Representations

Squeeze (1972)

Commentary

For Albinus see also 83 and discussion at VI.6.

Locations

• Found: South Agora: west portico, at the southern end.
• Original: Unknown, but probably near findspot.
• Last Recorded: Museum.

History

• Recording: Excavated by the NYU expedition.
• Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 82 and plate xix, whence PHI 712, Steinepigramme 02/09/01.
• Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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