9.32. Honours for Agrippina, daughter of Germanicus
- Description:
- White marble statue base (W. 0.44 × H. 0.285 × D. 0.43) with moulding above and below. There are clamp holes on the top surface; cut down on both sides for re-use.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face (area W. 0.395 × H. 0.15).
- Letters:
- 0.038.
- Date:
- Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
- Findspot:
- Sebasteion: SEB W-Pro I-84 VIII-W
- Original Location:
- Sebasteion
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1984 (84.41; SBI 78)
- Bibliography:
- Mentioned by Reynolds, StudClas 24, 1986, 112; by Smith, JRS 77, 1987, 95, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 197
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds). This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1 ̣ ̣Ἀ̣γριππῖναν Γε[ρμα]-
- 2ν̣ικοῦ Καίσαρ̣[ος]
- 3 vac. θυγ̣α̣τέρ[α]
- 1·ΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝΓΕ[···]
- 2·ΙΚΟΥΚΑΙΣΑ·[··]
- 3 ΘΥ··ΤΕΡ[·]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Ἀ
</unclear>
γριππῖναν
Γε
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ρμα
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
ικοῦ
Καίσα
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ρ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ος
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
θυ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
γα
</unclear>
τέρ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</ab>
α
</supplied>
Translation:
(Statue of) Agrippina, daughter of Germanicus 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 (1985)
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