9.29. Honours for Gaius Caesar
- Description:
- White marble statue base with moulding above and below on three sides (W. 0.775 × H. 0.28 × D. 0.54).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.04
- Date:
- Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
- Findspot:
- Sebasteion: NW SEB II-82, IIB, 0.70
- Original Location:
- Sebasteion
- Last recorded location:
- Dighouse garden
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1982 (82.118; SBI 85s)
- Bibliography:
- mentioned by Reynolds, StudClas 24, 1986, 112; by Smith, JRS 77, 1987, 95, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 193 .
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds) This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1 Γάιον
- 2Καίσαρα
- 1ΓΑΙΟΝ
- 2ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ
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Translation:
(Statue of) Gaius 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)
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