8.202. Sculptor's signature of Menippos
- Description:
- Rectangular white marble base or altar (W. 0.51 × H. 0.80 x D. 0.46), with moulding above and swags of leafy branches on all faces.
- Text:
- Inscribed within the loop of the swag on the front face.
- Letters:
- Ave. 0.03.
- Date:
- ?Augustan (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Theatre stage, south side.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1971)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.332)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Erim-Reynolds, 'Sculptors' no.6, whence SEG 40 1990.929.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1991).
- 1 Μένιππος Ἀφρο-
- 2δισίου ἐποίει
- 1ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΣΑΦΡΟ
- 2ΔΙΣΙΟΥΕΠΟΙΕΙ
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Μένιππος
Ἀφρο
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δισίου
ἐποίει
Translation:
Menippos son of Aphrodisios, made this.
Commentary:
See Erim-Reynolds, loc. cit.
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
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- Face (1983)
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