5.208. Building dedication to Aphrodite and Hadrian by Pereitas Attalos

Description:
White marble lintel block, with egg and dart moulding above three fasciae, now broken into two fragments.
Text:
Inscribed on all three fasciae, two lines on the upper fascia and one each on the lower two.
Letters:
Regular hand, without the variations in size of the matching inscription, 5.207 (=168a); 0.025; ligatures: in l.3, second ΗΝ, ΚΕ.
Date:
A.D. 117-138 (reign)
Findspot:
Hadrianic Baths, East Court: fallen at the north doorway, connecting the Galerie de l'Est with the south portico of the court.
Original Location:
Hadrianic Baths, East Court over the north door
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Excavated by Mendel in 1905; copied by Boulanger (notebook A, p.3); recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Mendel, CRAI 1906, 168 note 1b, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 113 .
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcriptions (Drew-Bear, Reynolds); notebook. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
1 θεᾷ Ἀφρο δείτῃ καὶ Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι θεοῦ Τραϊανοῦ υἱῷ θεοῦ Νέρβα
2 vac. υἱωνῷ Τραϊαν ῷ Ἁδριανῷ Σεβαστῷ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ vac.
3 Περείτας Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ζήνωνος Ἄτταλος το περιφλίωμα ἀνέθηκε
4 vac. ἐ[κ τῶν] ἰδίων vac.
1[···][····]ΔΕΙΤΗΚΑΙΑΥ[·····]ΤΟΡΙΚΑΙΣΑΡΙΘΕΟΥΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΥΥΙΩΘΕΟΥΝΕΡΒΑ
2   ΥΙΩΝΩΤ[·····]ΩΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΚΑΙΤΩΔΗΜΩ   
3[···]ΕΙΤΑΣΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΑΤΤΑΛΟΣΤΟΠΕΡΙΦΛΙΩΜΑΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ
4   Ε[····]ΙΔΙΩΝ   
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θεᾷ
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Ἀφρο
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δείτῃ
καὶ
Αὐ
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τοκρά
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τορι
Καίσαρι
θεοῦ
Τραϊανοῦ
υἱῷ
θεοῦ
Νέρβα
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υἱωνῷ
Τ
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ραϊαν
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ῷ
Ἁδριανῷ
Σεβαστῷ
καὶ
τῷ
δήμῳ
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Περ
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είτας
Ζήνωνος
τοῦ
Ζ
ήν
ωνος
Ἄτταλος
το
περιφλίωμα
ἀνέθη
κε
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ἐ
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κ
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τῶν
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ἰδίων
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Apparatus

Letters highlighted were recorded by Boulanger, but not subsequently.

Translation:

To the goddess Aphrodite, to the Imperator Hadrian Augustus son of the god Trajan, grandson of the god Nerva, to the People: Pereitas Attalos son of Zenon the son of Zenon dedicated the ?decoration of the doorway at his own expense.

Commentary:

The same text was inscribed on the south-east doorway (5.207 = Mendel, 168a) with differences in layout and a different hand.

Photographs:

Right hand fragment (1985)
 Right hand fragment (1985)
Right hand fragment, left end (1985)
 Right hand fragment, left end (1985)
Right hand fragment, centre (1985)
 Right hand fragment, centre (1985)
Right hand fragment, right end (1985)
 Right hand fragment, right end (1985)
Left hand fragment (1985)
 Left hand fragment (1985)

Representations:

Boulanger notebook A, page 3: Fair copy
 Boulanger notebook A, page 3: Fair copy

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