9.25. Building dedication of Sebasteion portico for Aphrodite, Emperors and Demos

Description:
Nine fragments of six white marble architrave blocks.
Text:
Inscribed in two lines on the two fasciae.
Letters:
Ave. 0.07; star and dolphin for stops.
Date:
A.D. 41-54 (reign)
Findspot:
Sebasteion: in the South Portico
Original Location:
Architrave of the south portico of the Sebasteion
Last recorded location:
Museum (1980)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1979 and 1980 (a. 79.109; b. 80.66 + 80.67; c. 80.60; d. 80.62 + 80.65; e. 80.64 + 80.63. f. 80.91)
Bibliography:
published by Reynolds, ZPE 43 (1981), 317-27, no.1, whence SEG 31, 1981.913, BE 1982, 356, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 106 ; mentioned Erim, RA (1982) I, 165, Erim, Britannia 13, (1982), 278 (l. 1)
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1981).
1 | Ἀφροδίτηι star θε(---)ι Σεβαστ | (---) <Τιβερ>ίωι Κλαυδίωι Κ|[αί]σαρι star τῶι Δήμωι dolphin | Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος | Διογένης φιλοπολίτης | ἃ ἐπηνγείλατο
2 | vac. Διογένης ὁ πατὴ|[ρ α]ὐτοῦ καὶ Ἀτταλὶς v. | καὶ ὑπὲρ Ἀττάλ | ου τοῦ θείου τὸ καθ' ἑαυτὸν μέρος v. ἀποκα [θ]έσστησεν vac.
1ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΙ star ΘΕΙΣΕΒΑΣΤΙΩΙΚΛΑΥΔΙΩΙΚ[··]ΣΑΡΙ star ΤΩΙΔΗΜΩΙ dolphin ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣΦΙΛΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣΑΕΠΗΝΓΕΙΛΑΤΟ
2   ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣΟΠΑΤΗ[··]ΥΤΟΥΚΑΙΑΤΤΑΛΙΣ ΚΑΙΥΠΕΡΑΤΤΑΛΟΥΤΟΥΘΕΙΟΥΤΟΚΑΘ'ΕΑΥΤΟΝΜΕΡΟΣ ΑΠΟΚΑ[·]ΕΣΣΤΗΣΕΝ   
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<milestone unit="block" n="a" />
Ἀφροδίτηι
<g type="star" />
θε
<gap reason="omitted" extent="1" unit="character" />
ι
Σεβαστ
<milestone unit="block" n="b" />
<gap reason="omitted" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="omitted" >
Τιβερ
</supplied>
ίωι
Κλαυδίωι
Κ
<milestone unit="block" n="c" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
αί
</supplied>
σαρι
<g type="star" />
τῶι
Δήμωι
<g type="dolphin" />
<milestone unit="block" n="d" />
Τιβέριος
Κλαύδιος
<milestone unit="block" n="e" />
Διογένης
φιλοπολίτης
<milestone unit="block" n="f" />
ἃ
ἐπηνγείλατο
<lb n="2" />
<milestone unit="block" n="a" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
Διογένης
ὁ
πατὴ
<milestone unit="block" n="b" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
α
</supplied>
ὐτοῦ
καὶ
Ἀτταλὶς
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<milestone unit="block" n="c" />
καὶ
ὑπὲρ
Ἀττάλ
<milestone unit="block" n="d" />
ου
τοῦ
θείου
τὸ
καθ'
ἑαυτὸν
μέρος
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
ἀποκα
<supplied reason="lost" >
θ
</supplied>
έσστησεν
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, The first letters of the second block were never incised, although traces of an ordinator's tool may be detected.

Translation:

For Aphrodite, for the God (?Goddess) Augustus (?Augusta), for Tiberius Claudius Caesar, for the People, Tiberius Claudius Diogenes, friend of the citizens, restored what Diogenes his father promised, and Attalis, and also on behalf of his uncle Attalos his part.

Commentary:

It cannot be determined with certainty whether this is a dedication to a god Augustus—so Augustus himself–or a goddess Augusta—refering to Livia. See Reynolds, loc. cit.

Photographs:

Block a. (1980)
 Block a. (1980)
Block b. left end (1980)
 Block b. left end (1980)
Block b. right end (1980)
 Block b. right end (1980)
Block c. (1980)
 Block c. (1980)
Block d. right end (1980)
 Block d. right end (1980)
Block d. left end (1980)
 Block d. left end (1980)
Block e. right end
 Block e. right end
Block e. right end (1980)
 Block e. right end (1980)
Block f. (1981)
 Block f. (1981)

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