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Description:
Upper right corner of a white marble block (W. 0.36 x H. 0.24 x D. 0.34).
Text:
Inscribed on one face.
Letters:
Late Republican or Augustan; ave 0.02. rho in ll. 1, 3, 6 has a very small stroke slanting rightwards from the junction of the bowl with the vertical.
Date:
Late Republican or Augustan (lettering, content)
Findspot:
Stray find.
Original Location:
Temple/Church temenos.
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1963 (63.596)
Bibliography:
Published by Reynolds, Aphrodisias & Rome, doc. 35, whence SEG 1982.1097, BE 1983.388,An.Ép. 1984.878, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 379, R. R. R. Smith, Aphrodisias I. The monument of C. Julius Zoilos (Mainz, 1993) T5.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1982).
1[?οὗτος ὁ τόπο]ς̣ ἱερὸς ἄσυ-
2[λος ?ὡς ἔκριναν] v. ὁ μέγας
3[?Καῖσαρ ὁ δικ]τ̣άτωρ καὶ
4[?ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ αὐ]τοκράτωρ
5 [Καῖσαρ καὶ ἡ σύ]νκλητος
6[καὶ ὁ δῆμος ὁ Ῥ]ωμαίων
7[καθὼς καὶ τὰ] φιλάνθρω-
8[πα καὶ δελτογρα]φή-
9[ματα καὶ ἐπικρίματα]
10 [περιέχει ἀνέστησεν]
11[δὲ τοὺς ὅρους Γάϊος]
12[Ἰούλιος Ζωΐλος ὁ ἱερεὺς]
13[τῆς Ἀφροδείτης]
1[··········]·ΙΕΡΟΣΑΣΥ
2[············] ΟΜΕΓΑΣ
3[··········]·ΑΤΩΡΚΑΙ
4[············]ΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ
5[············]ΝΚΛΗΤΟΣ
6[···········]ΩΜΑΙΩΝ
7[··········]ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩ
8[·············]ΦΗ
9[·················]
10[·················]
11[················]
12[····················]
13[·············]
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οὗτος
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</supplied>
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τόπο
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<unclear reason="damage" >
ς
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ἱερὸς
ἄσυ
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λος
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ὡς
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ἔκριναν
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μέγας
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<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
Καῖσαρ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δικ
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<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
άτωρ
καὶ
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
υἱὸς
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<supplied reason="lost" >
αὐτοῦ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
αὐ
</supplied>
τοκράτωρ
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<supplied reason="lost" >
Καῖσαρ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
σύ
</supplied>
νκλητος
<lb n="6" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δῆμος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
ωμαίων
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<supplied reason="lost" >
καθὼς
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<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὰ
</supplied>
φιλάνθρω
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<supplied reason="lost" >
πα
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δελτογρα
</supplied>
φή
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<supplied reason="lost" >
ματα
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐπικρίματα
</supplied>
<lb n="10" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
περιέχει
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀνέστησεν
</supplied>
<lb n="11" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
δὲ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοὺς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὅρους
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Γάϊος
</supplied>
<lb n="12" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἰούλιος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ζωΐλος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἱερεὺς
</supplied>
<lb n="13" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῆς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἀφροδείτης
</supplied>
</ab>

Apparatus

For the supplements, compare the partner inscription 1.38.

Translation:

[?This area is] the sacred asylum [?as defined by] the great [?Caesar, the] Dictator, and [?his son] Imperator [Caesar and the ] Senate [and People] of Rome, [as is also contained in the] grants of privilege, the public documents [and decrees. C. Iulius Zoilos priest of Aphrodite set up the boundary stones.]

Commentary:

See Aphrodisias and Rome, 159-160.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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