Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

The monuments and their associated inscriptions

This appendix lists the main buildings on the site, with the inscriptions which are concerned with them. For more information on the monuments, and more plans, see the excavation website: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/aphrodisias/home.ti.htm

Acropolis
Reference to plan: 06
89, 226

North Agora
Reference to plan: 01
North Portico: 31, 32 South portico Work in the southern portico by Fl. Pelagius Ioannes and Menander, ? late fourth century: 29 — 30 : 198

South Agora

Reference to plan: 02

The West portico restored by Albinus, ? early sixth century: 83.
Found in West Portico: 26 and 27 (just at the entrance to the Hadrianic Baths); 82
Work in the South portico by Philip son of Herodian, ?late fifth century : 66Found in South Portico: 80, 199, 200.
Found in North Portico: 186, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205.
On the retaining wall at the southeast end of the Agora: 206
Agora Gate
Restored and adapted by governor Dulcitius and father of the city Ampelius, ? mid fifth century : 38, 39, 40.
Re-used in the remodelling: 7, 36.

Basilica
Reference to plan: 02
Mosaic floor laid by Flavius Constantius, 235; south end ?restored by Ioannes, 45.

Baths of Hadrian
Reference to plan: 03
Repairs by Helladius ?early fourth century: 17,18. Work by Pytheas, late fifth century: 58. Work ?in the reign of Anastasius, or under Maurice 61. Work by Dionysius in the eastern court, ? fifth century : 67 Donation from Hermias, ?late fifth/early sixth century: 74. Work on 'the summer Olympian bath' by Rhodopaeus, ? sixth century: 86, 87. Repairs of uncertain date : 48 — 52. 11, 12, 14, 23, ?24, 25; 26 and 27 stand at the east entrance to the baths, just in the w. portico of the Agora; 33, 85, 88, 190 ; gameboards : 68, 69, 238, 70.

Baths of Hadrian

Reference to plan: 03

Repairs by Helladius ?early fourth century: 17,18.
Work by Pytheas, late fifth century: 58.
Work ?in the reign of Anastasius, or under Maurice 61.
Work by Dionysius in the eastern court, ? fifth century : 67
Donation from Hermias, ?late fifth/early sixth century: 74.
Work on 'the summer Olympian bath' by Rhodopaeus, ? sixth century: 86, 87.
Repairs of uncertain date : 48 — 52.
11, 12, 14, 23, ?24, 25; 26 and 27 stand at the east entrance to the baths, just in the w. portico of the Agora; 33, 85, 88, 190 ; gameboards : 68, 69, 238, 70.

'Bishop's Palace'
Reference to plan: 01
35, 60, 134, 220, 223

Theatre Baths
Reference to plan: 06
Restoration work by Ampelius, father of the city, ? mid fifth century : 44; cf. 41 The tholos restored by Asclepiodotus, late fifth century: 53. Work by Pytheas, late fifth century: 57. Eastern arcade of the Theatre Baths: 142, 143, 191, 192, 193, 194 The following texts probably originally stood in or near the Theatre Baths: 41, 111

North Temenos Complex
Reference to plan: 05
Revetment work by Eustochius in ? the fifth century: 46, 47. Found in situ: 8.

Bouleuterion/Odeon
Reference to plan: 01
Repaired , as "palaestra", by Fl.Ampelius, father of the city, ? mid fifth century: 43. (Seat inscriptions: PPA 47.) Also found: 13, 28, 56, (PPA 11), 228 Odeon area: 214, 222, 224, 225

Sebasteion
Reference to plan: 04
Letter from Valerian and Gallienus was inscribed at the entrance: 1 Found during excavation: 102, 227

Temple of Aphrodite/ Church of ?Archangels
Reference to plan: 05
The following texts were found in situ in the Temple, or on fragmentary architectural features apparently originating there: 92—99,113, 114, 117 to 133; in the temenos, 187, 188, 189, 217 The following texts, which were found loose in the Temple, were apparently re-used there in Byzantine times, during the remodelling of the iconostasis: 4, 16, 73

Tetrastoon
Reference to plan: 06
Constructed by Antonius Tatianus, governor, 360 — 364: 20 Also found: ?21, 62, 64, 75, 195, 196, 197, ?212, 213

Tetrapylon
Reference to plan: 04
72, 184, 185, 207, 248

Theatre
Reference to plan: 06
15, 34, 59, 65, 76, 90, 221, 229.

Triconch church
Reference to plan: 07
Found in the Triconch Church: 100, 101

Walls

Reference to plan: 07

The only indications for their building history are in the texts on the two gates:
North-East Gate: Built by Fl.Constantius, governor, ? in the 360s: 22 Restored by Fl.Ampelius, father of the city : ? in the mid fifth century: 42. Inscription altered in the later sixth or seventh century : see VI.48 ff.
West Gate Built by Fl.Quint.Eros Monaxius, c.358-9: 19
East Gate inscription in side gate: 139
Found in the walls: 3, 5, 6, 9, 112, 140, 141, 209, 210, 211.

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