3.2. Building inscription by priest of Libertas
- Description:
- White marble architrave block (W. 2.81 × H. 0.34 visible × D. 0.50); inscribed on the face
- Text:
- Letters:
- 0.11
- Date:
- First century B.C. to first century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- North Agora, in the portico south of the Bouleuterion/Odeon
- Original Location:
- from the entablature of the north portico of the North Agora
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition (Odeon 12)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reynolds, Aphrodisias & Rome, doc. 39, whence SEG 1982.1097, BE 1983.388, AnnEpig 1984.878, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 82.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds); publications. This edition Reynolds (1982).
- 1 [·· ? ·· ἱερεὺς τῆς] | Ἐλευθερίας διὰ | [βίου ·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ··········]ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑΣΔΙΑ[···· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἱερεὺς
τῆς
</supplied>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
Ἐλευθερίας
διὰ
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
βίου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] [priest] of Libertas for [life ·· ? ··]
Commentary:
The cult was probably initiated in or soon after 39 B.C., when the Romands gave the city eleutheria (8.27); there is a strong probability that the priest for life named here was C. Julius Zoilos. See most recently Reynolds, 'Ruler-cult' 43.
Photographs:
- Face (1994)
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