Description:
Two joining fragments of a white marble statue base with moulding above and below on all sides (W. 0.67 × H. 0.32 × D. 0.57) damaged at lower left corner, on top front moulding and back left corner. Fragments of the statue have been published (see bibliography).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
l.1, 0.028; l.2, 0.03
Date:
Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Sebasteion: NW Seb II-82, IX-XB, 08.80
Original Location:
Sebasteion
Last recorded location:
Depot
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1981 and 1982 (82.116 + 81.153; SBI 84)
Bibliography:
mentioned by Reynolds, StudClas 24, 1986, 112; by Smith, JRS 77, 1987, 95, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 195. Published, with the statue fragments, by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, no. 27
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds) This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
1 Δροῦσον Καίσαρα
2Τιβερίου υἱόν
1ΔΡΟΥΣΟΝΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ
2ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥΥΙΟΝ
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Δροῦσον
Καίσαρα
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Τιβερίου
υἱόν
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Translation:

(Statue of) Drusus Caesar, son of Tiberius.

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'.

For another dedication to Drusus see Jahreshefte 53 (1981/82), 155, no.144. There, however, father and son receive their full titulature. Tiberius' lack of titles might suggest a date before his accession, or after his death.

Photographs:

Face (1983)
 Face (1983)

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