Description:
White marble statue base, with moulding above and below on all sides (W. 0.75 × H. 0.26 x surviving D. 0.45) and damaged. Fragments of the statue have been published 9see bibliography).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
l.1, 0.045; l.2, 0.035
Date:
Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Sebasteion: NW Seb II-82, IIIC and VIA, 0.75.
Original Location:
Sebasteion
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Found by the NYU expedition during excavation of the Sebasteion in 1982 (82.108; SBI 72)
Bibliography:
Mentioned by Reynolds, StudClas 24, 1986, 112; by Smith, JRS 77, 1987, 95, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 194 . Published, with fragments of the statue, by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, no. 28
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publications. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
1 Λούκιον
2Καί̣σαρα
1ΛΟΥΚΙΟΝ
2ΚΑ·ΣΑΡΑ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Λούκιον
<lb n="2" />
Κα
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
σαρα
</ab>

Translation:

(Statue of) Lucius Caesar

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 (1983)
 Face (1983)

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