2.701. Building dedication for Aphrodite
- Description:
- Left corner block of a white marble architrave block broken on all sides (W. 0.695 × H. 0.30 x D. c. 0.60).
- Text:
- Inscribed on two fasciae.
- Letters:
- l.1, 0.05; l.2, 0.045.
- Date:
- First century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, East area: 'E. Odeon complex, E.path, at -0.75' (depth).
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.379)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1Ἀφροδεί̣τ̣[ῃ ·· ? ··]
- 2 ἐκ θεμελίων ΣΜ̣Ε̣[·· ? ··]
- 1ΑΦΡΟΔΕ··[· - - - ]
- 2ΕΚΘΕΜΕΛΙΩΝΣ··[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Ἀφροδε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ίτ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ῃ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
ἐκ
θεμελίων
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
σ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
με
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
l. 2, M could be N, or Υ, giving ? σὺν. The final letter is very uncertain
Translation:
??To Aphrodite [·· ? ·· built] from the foundations [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
The probability is that this is from the dedication of a building to the goddess; given the layout it is unlikely that she was herself credited with the building, although that is possible, as in 12.914 (=CIG 2749).
- Photographs:
- none.
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