Description:
Plain white marble statue base shaft broken below and chipped at the upper left corner (W. 0.72 × H. 1.16 × D. 0.52)
Text:
Inscribed on the face. Two large squre cuttings on top
Letters:
ll. 1, 2, 4-5, 0.035; ll. 3, 6-7, 0.03.
Date:
A.D. 69-79 (reign)
Findspot:
Walls, South (east part): reused in the south city wall, in the excavations of the inside face, Trench 3.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1975 (75.334; SBI 51).
Bibliography:
Mentioned by Reynolds, ZPE 43, 1981, 320, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 939.
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds) This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
1 [Τίτον] Καίσαρα Αὐτοκράτ[ο]-
2[ρ]ος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασια-
3[ν]οῦ Σεβαστοῦ υἱὸν vac.
4 vv. ὁ δῆμος star ἐκ τῶν ἀπο-
5[λ]ειφθέντων ὑπὸ Ἀττα- star
6λ̣ίδος τῆς Μενεκράτους
7 τοῦ Ἀνδρῶνος Ἀπφίου vv.
1[·····]ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ[·]
2[·]ΟΣΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑ
3[·]ΟΥΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥΥΙΟΝ    
4  ΟΔΗΜΟΣ star ΕΚΤΩΝΑΠΟ
5[·]ΕΙΦΘΕΝΤΩΝΥΠΟΑΤΤΑ star
6·ΙΔΟΣΤΗΣΜΕΝΕΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ
7ΤΟΥΑΝΔΡΩΝΟΣΑΠΦΙΟΥ  
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Τίτον
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Καίσαρα
Αὐτοκράτ
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ο
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<supplied reason="lost" >
ρ
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ος
Καίσαρος
Οὐεσπασια
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<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
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οῦ
Σεβαστοῦ
υἱὸν
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δῆμος
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ἐκ
τῶν
ἀπο
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<supplied reason="lost" >
λ
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ειφθέντων
ὑπὸ
Ἀττα
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<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
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ίδος
τῆς
Μενεκράτους
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τοῦ
Ἀνδρῶνος
Ἀπφίου
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</ab>

Translation:

[Titus] Caesar, son of Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus: the People (put up his statue) from the (funds) bequeathed by Attalis Apphion, daughter of Menekrates, the son of Andron.

Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)
Face (1978)
 Face (1978)
Face (1978)
 Face (1978)

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