4.4. Building dedication to Aphrodite and emperors

Description:
13 white marble architrave blocks (each W. 2.84 × H. 0.29 × D. 1.04) which consist of cornice and three fasciae. On one block, on the top, a gameboard was cut.
Text:
Inscribed only on the uppermost fascia.
Letters:
0.095
Date:
A.D. 14/29 (reign)
Findspot:
South Agora: at the west end of the Portico of Tiberius
Original Location:
South Agora: Along the north side of the Portico of Tiberius
Last recorded location:
on site
History of discovery:
Found by the Italian expedition in 1937; found again by the NYU expedition, with further fragments, 1986-8.
Bibliography:
Published by Jacopi, MonAL 38, 1939, 86-96, 1, whence BE 1948.211; by Reynolds, PCPS 1980, 77-8, no. 6, whence SEG 1980.1244, AnnEpig 1980.870, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 104.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds); publication. This edition Reynolds (1980).
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1 vv. Ἀφροδίτηι καὶ | Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι Θεῶι | [Σεβαστῶι Διὶ Πατρῴωι καὶ | Ἀυτοκράτορι Τιβερίωι Καίσα[ρι] | [Θεο]ῦ Σεβαστοῦ υἱῶι Σε | βαστῶι stop καὶ stop Ἰουλίαι Σεβασ | τῆι stop καὶ τῶι Δήμωι τὴν στόα[ν] | vv. Διογένης Μενάνδρου τοῦ | [Δ]ιογένους τοῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρ̣ | [ου καὶ ·· c. 13 ·· ἱερ]|ηα Ἀφροδίτης stop καὶ stop Μένανδ | [ρος ·· ? ··]
ii
1[·· ? ··]ΑΙ̣Ι̣ΑΛ[·· ? ··]
iii
1[·· ? ··]ΤΑ[·· ? ··]
iv
1[·· ? ··]ΤΙ̣[·· ? ··]
i
1  ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΙΚΑΙΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙΚΑΙΣΑΡΙΘΕΩΙ[··················ΚΑΙΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΙΤΙΒΕΡΙΩΙΚΑΙΣΑ[··][···]ΥΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥΥΙΩΙΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΙ stop ΚΑΙ stop ΙΟΥΛΙΑΙΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΙ stop ΚΑΙΤΩΙΔΗΜΩΙΤΗΝΣΤΟΑ[·]  ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥΤΟΥ[·]ΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣΤΟΥΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩ·[····· ················]ΗΑΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΣ stop ΚΑΙ stop ΜΕΝΑΝΔ[··· - - - ]
ii
1[ - - - ]Α··ΑΛ[ - - - ]
iii
1[ - - - ]ΤΑ[ - - - ]
iv
1[ - - - ]Τ·[ - - - ]
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Ἀφροδίτηι
καὶ
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Αὐτοκράτορι
Καίσαρι
Θεῶι
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<supplied reason="lost" >
Σεβαστῶι
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Διὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Πατρῴωι
</supplied>
καὶ
<milestone unit="block" n="d" />
Ἀυτοκράτορι
Τιβερίωι
Καίσα
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρι
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" n="e" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Θεο
</supplied>
ῦ
Σεβαστοῦ
υἱῶι
Σε
<milestone unit="block" n="f" />
βαστῶι
<g type="stop" />
καὶ
<g type="stop" />
Ἰουλίαι
Σεβασ
<milestone unit="block" n="g" />
τῆι
<g type="stop" />
καὶ
τῶι
Δήμωι
τὴν
στόα
<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" n="h" />
<space extent="2" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
Διογένης
Μενάνδρου
τοῦ
<milestone unit="block" n="i" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Δ
</supplied>
ιογένους
τοῦ
Ἀρτεμιδώ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
<milestone unit="block" n="j" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="13" unit="character" dim="internal" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἱερ
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" n="k" />
ηα
Ἀφροδίτης
<g type="stop" />
καὶ
<g type="stop" />
Μένανδ
<milestone unit="block" n="l" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
α
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιι
</unclear>
αλ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="iii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
τα
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="iv" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
Translation:
No translation yet (2007).

Commentary:

For the title see 12.902 (=MAMA 431); for discussion see Reynolds, 'Further Information', 110.

Photographs:

Block d., part (1985)
 Block d., part (1985)
Block d., part (1985)
 Block d., part (1985)
Block f. (1985)
 Block f. (1985)
Block f. (1985)
 Block f. (1985)
Block g., left part (1985)
 Block g., left part (1985)
Block i. (1985)
 Block i. (1985)
Block k. (1985)
 Block k. (1985)
Fragment ii. (1985)
 Fragment ii. (1985)
Gameboard (1985)
 Gameboard (1985)
Gameboard close-up (1985)
 Gameboard close-up (1985)

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