9.38. Honours for Germanicus Caesar
- Description:
- White marble statue base, originally with moulding above and below on three sides (W. 0.75 × H. 1.20 × D. 0.69).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face (0.57 x 0.95). The upper moulding has been chiselled away on the front face.
- Letters:
- 0.035
- Date:
- Julio-Claudian (context, lettering)
- Findspot:
- Portico east of Theatre, SPS, Stratum 4 from wall.
- Original Location:
- Almost certainly from the Sebasteion.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition, in 1972 (72.237; SBI 56).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reynolds, PCPS no. 14, whence SEG 1980.1252; BullEp 1982.355; AnnEpig 1980.875; McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 199.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1980).
- 1 Γερμανικὸν
- 2Καίσαρα Τιβε-
- 3ρίου Σεβαστοῦ
- 4 vac. υἱόν vac. .
- 1ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΝ
- 2ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑΤΙΒΕ
- 3ΡΙΟΥΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
- 4 ΥΙΟΝ
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Translation:
(Statue of) Germanicus Caesar son of Tiberius Augustus
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 (1977)
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- Face (2005)
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