4.109. Dedication to Aphrodite
- Description:
- Small white marble stele (W. 0.13 × H. 0.21 × D. 0.95), damaged above and at the bottom right corner, consisting of an inscribed base with oblique left side (right side lost) carrying a nude male three-quarter figure with head surviving as far as the chin only, arms as far as the elbows and legs as far as the knees.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- l.1, 0.012, l.2, 0.008.
- Date:
- Probably first century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- South Agora: 'P. of T. SE 86-1'.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1989)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1986 (86.28).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 stop Ἀφροδ̣[ίτῃ ··]
- 2 vac. ΧΗΑΝ̣[·· c. 4 ··]
- 1 stop ΑΦΡΟ·[·····]
- 2 ΧΗΑ·[····]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<g
type="stop"
/>
Ἀφρο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
δ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ίτῃ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
χηα
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ν
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
?To Aphrodite [·· ? ··] ?dedicated
Commentary:
Aphrodite's name may have been followed by a cult title, or by the name of a female dedicator, with ἀνέθηκε in full or incomplete
Photographs:
- Face (1989)
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- Face (1989)
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