Description:
White marble statue base, originally with moulding above and below on three sides, but with the lower front moulding chiselled away (W. 0.66 × H. 1.15 × D. 0.62). Top prepared for an upper feature.
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a slightly raised panel (W. 0.48 × H. 0.915); chipped down the right side
Letters:
0.035
Date:
Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Portico east of Theatre, SPS, Stratum 4 from wall, with statue.
Original Location:
Almost certainly from the Sebasteion.
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1972 (72.224; SBI 57)
Bibliography:
published by Reynolds, in PCPS 206, 1980, 80-81, no. 13, and in Inan-Rosenbaum, Porträtplastik, 78-79, no. 24 (accompanying the statue), whence SEG 1980.1250, BullEp 1982.355, AnnEpig 1980.874, SEG 1982.1098, SEG 1985.1082, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 201.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1980).
1 Ἀγριππῖναν
2Μάρκου Ἀγρίππ[α]
3γυναῖκα δὲ Γε[ρ]
4μανικοῦ Καίσα̣-
5 ρος μητέρα Γαΐ-
6ου Αὐτοκράτο-
7ρος Σεβαστοῦ star
8 vv. Καίσαρος vv.
1ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ
2ΜΑΡΚΟΥΑΓΡΙΠΠ[·]
3ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΔΕΓΕ[·]
4ΜΑΝΙΚΟΥΚΑΙΣ·
5ΡΟΣΜΗΤΕΡΑΓΑΙ
6ΟΥΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟ
7ΡΟΣΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ star
8  ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ  
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Ἀγριππῖναν
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Μάρκου
Ἀγρίππ
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γυναῖκα
δὲ
Γε
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ρ
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μανικοῦ
Καίσ
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α
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ρος
μητέρα
Γαΐ
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ου
Αὐτοκράτο
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ρος
Σεβαστοῦ
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Καίσαρος
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Translation:

(They set up the statue of) Agrippina (daughter of) Marcus Agrippa and wife of Germanicus Caesar, mother of Gaius, Imperator Augustus 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:
none.

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