9.26. Honours for Antonia Augusta
- Description:
- White marble statue base, with moulding above and below on three sides (W. 0.54 × H. 0.405 × D. 0.47). The back and much of the moulding have been broken away, probably to facilitate re-use. Top worked smooth
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Lightly cut; 0.03-0.04
- Date:
- Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
- Findspot:
- South portico of the Sebasteion: Seb 80/1, IIIA, at -3.60.
- Original Location:
- Sebasteion
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1980 (80.172; SBI 83)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reynolds, ZPE 43 (1981), 317-27, no.5, whence SEG 1981.915, BullEp 1982.356, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 204.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1981).
- 1 v. Ἀντωνίαν vv.
- 2 v. Σεβασστὴν v.
- 3Ἑρμίας ἱερεὺς ἀ - v.
- 4 vac. νέθηκεν vac.
- 1 ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝ
- 2 ΣΕΒΑΣΣΤΗΝ
- 3ΕΡΜΙΑΣΙΕΡΕΥΣΑ
- 4 ΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ
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Ἀντωνίαν
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Σεβασστὴν
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Ἑρμίας
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ἀ
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νέθηκεν
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Translation:
Antonia Augusta: Hermias, priest, put up (her statue).
Commentary:
One of the Sebasteion group of dedications to the imperial family (9.37=72.224, 9.38=72.237, 9.39=72.275, 9.40=73.145, 9.33=77.123, 9.26=80.172, 9.27=82.108, 9.35=82.109, 9.28=82.116, 9.34=82.117, 9.29=82.118, 9.36=82.210, 9.30=84.30, 9.31=84.31, and 9.32=84.41). On these see Reynolds (1996), 'Ruler-cult at Aphrodisias'.
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
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