Description:
White marble statue base with damaged moulding above, broken below and chipped to right (W. 0.55 × H. 0.45 × D. 0.26).
Text:
Inscribed on the statue base; the text presumably began on an upper feature.
Letters:
0.055-0.07.
Date:
Perhaps second century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
South Agora: S. Portico of Tiberius.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1978)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1970 (Portico 10)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1 Ἰουλίαν Φαυ[- v. ]
2στεῖναν τὴ[ν]
3 γυναῖκα-
4 vac. αὐ̣το̣ῦ̣ vac.
4a[·· ? ··
0 - - - ]
1ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΦΑΥ[·]
2ΣΤΕΙΝΑΝΤΗ[·]
3ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑ
4   Α·Τ··   
4a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
Ἰουλίαν
Φαυ
<supplied reason="lost" >
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
στεῖναν
τὴ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
γυναῖκα
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
α
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
οῦ
</unclear>
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="4a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[So-and-so] (put up the statue of) Julia Faustina, his wife.

Commentary:

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Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)

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