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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Γάιον
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Καίσαρα
</ab>

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)
 Face (1983)

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