8.228. Statue dedication of Aphrodite
- Description:
- White marble bust of Aphrodite inscribed on the base (W. 0.41 × H. 0.065).
- Text:
- Letters:
- 0.02; lunate epsilon, sigma, omega
- Date:
- Probably first to second centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: on the central skene.
- Original Location:
- Probably on Theatre stage building
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.153)
- Bibliography:
- Published by K.T. Erim and R.R.R. Smith, Aphrodisias Papers 2, 81 no. 14, whence SEG 1991.920.
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds) This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1 Θεόδωρος
- 2ἀνέθηκεν
- 1ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣ
- 2ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ
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Θεόδωρος
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ἀνέθηκεν
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Translation:
Theodoros dedicated (this)
Commentary:
See publication.
- Photographs:
- none.
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