12.642. Statue dedication to empress Julia Domna
- Description:
- A plain white marble statue base shaft (W. 0.54 × H. 1.28 × D. 0.50).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- ll. 1-10, 0.045; ll.11 f., 0.025. Ligatures: ΗΝ, l.2, l.5. Circular stops before and after ΑΥΡ.
- Date:
- A.D. 211-217 Reign
- Findspot:
- Walls, South (east part): reused in the stretch excavated in 1975.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded (lines 1-10 only) by the MAMA expedition in 1934. Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1975 (catalogue no. 75.325; SBI 34).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, 452, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 209.
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publications This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1 v. Ἰουλίαν̣ v.
- 2Σεβαστὴν̣
- 3 v. μητέρα v.
- 4κάστρων ὁ
- 5δῆμος τὴν
- 6 v. ἑαυτοῦ v.
- 7εὐεργέτιν
- 8ἐξ ἀπολείψε-
- 9ως Φλαβίου
- 10 v. Ἀττάλο̣υ v.
- 10a vacat
- 11ἐπιμεληθέντος Μάρ-
- 12κου stop Αὐρ(ηλίου) stop Χρησίμου τοῦ
- 13 v. Ἀπολλωνίου v.
- 1 ΙΟΥΛΙΑ·
- 2ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ·
- 3 ΜΗΤΕΡΑ
- 4ΚΑΣΤΡΩΝΟ
- 5ΔΗΜΟΣΤΗΝ
- 6 ΕΑΥΤΟΥ
- 7ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΙΝ
- 8ΕΞΑΠΟΛΕΙΨΕ
- 9ΩΣΦΛΑΒΙΟΥ
- 10 ΑΤΤΑΛ·Υ
- 10a vacat
- 11ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΟΣΜΑΡ
- 12ΚΟΥ stop ΑΥΡ stop ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΥΤΟΥ
- 13 ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ
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Ἰουλία
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ν
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Σεβαστ
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ν
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μητέρα
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κάστρων
ὁ
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δῆμος
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ἑαυτοῦ
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εὐεργέτιν
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ἐξ
ἀπολείψε
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ως
Φλαβίου
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Ἀττάλ
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ο
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υ
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ἐπιμεληθέντος
Μάρ
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κου
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Αὐρ
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ηλίου
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Χρησίμου
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Ἀπολλωνίου
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Translation:
Julia Augusta mother of the military camps: the People (put up the statue of) their benefactress, from the bequest of Flavius Attalos. Marcus Aurelius Chresimos son of Apollonios took responsibility.
Commentary:
A statue of Caracalla (12.641=75.326) which is a pair to this, was found in the same area; a further statue of Caracalla (12.326=MAMA 451) was set up from the same bequest; but only Julia Domna is described as a benefactor, although there is no indication of what she might have done
Photographs:
- Face (1976)
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- Face (1978)
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- Face (2001)
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