11.51. Dedication by Tiberius Claudius Apollonios Aurelianos
- Description:
- Plain white marble statue base shaft (W. 0.42 × H. 0.98 × D. 0.39), whose bottom surface has been hollowed out to form a basin with a drain hole. Top not visible.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face, which is chipped.
- Letters:
- c. 0.036; diairetic dots on the initial Ι; stop for abbreviation after ΚΛ in l. 1; possible stops to either side of text in l. 7.
- Date:
- Late second century A.D. (lettering; nomenclature).
- Findspot:
- City, Village: re-used upside down as a well-head
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1978)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded in 1705 by Picenini (10102, f18, no. 30) whence Sherard (10101, f.29); by Kubitschek and Reichel (partial squeeze, Abklatsch 8; no notebook entry); by Gaudin (66); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Boeckh from Sherard papers, CIG 2784; by Reinach, from Gaudin, no. 36; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, 454, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 143.
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publications; Kubitschek squeeze. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1Τ̣ι(βέριος)Κλ(αύδιος) Ἀπολ̣λ̣[ώ]-
- 2νιος Αὐρηλια-
- 3νὸς ἀρχιε - v.
- 4ρεὺς καὶ ἱε-
- 5ρεὺς διὰ βίου
- 6 θεοῦ Διονύ-
- 7 scroll σου leaf
- 1·ΙΚΛ stop ΑΠΟ··[·]
- 2ΝΙΟΣΑΥΡΗΛΙΑ
- 3ΝΟΣΑΡΧΙΕ
- 4ΡΕΥΣΚΑΙΙΕ
- 5ΡΕΥΣΔΙΑΒΙΟΥ
- 6ΘΕΟΥΔΙΟΝΥ
- 7 scroll ΣΟΥ leaf
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Τ
</unclear>
ι
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
βέριος
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Κλ
<orig
>
</abbr>
<g
type="stop"
/>
</orig>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
αύδιος
</supplied>
Ἀπο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
λλ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ώ
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
νιος
Αὐρηλια
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
νὸς
ἀρχιε
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
ρεὺς
καὶ
ἱε
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
ρεὺς
διὰ
βίου
<lb
n="6"
/>
θεοῦ
Διονύ
<lb
n="7"
type="worddiv"
/>
<g
type="scroll"
/>
σου
<g
type="leaf"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
Tiberius Claudius Apollonios Aurelianos high priest and priest for life of the god Dionysos (set this up).
Commentary:
The purpose of the inscription/dedication is left unstated.
Photographs:
- Base (1978)
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- Base (1978)
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