Description of Monument
White marble statue base, with moulding above and below on three sides (0.54 × 0.405 × 0.47). The back and much of the moulding have been broken away, probably to facilitate re-use. Top worked smooth
Description of Text
Inscribed on the face.
Letters
Lightly cut; 0.03-0.04
Date
Julio-Claudian
(context, lettering)
Edition
Ἀντωνίαν
Σεβασστὴν
Ἑρμίας ἱερεὺς ἀ
νέθηκεν
Translation
Antonia Augusta: Hermias, priest, put up (her statue).
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.
Locations
South portico of the Sebasteion: Seb 80/1, IIIA, at -3.60.
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Text Constituted From
Transcription (Reynolds).
History of Recording
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1980 (80.172; SBI 83)
Bibliography
Published by Reynolds, ZPE 43 (1981), 317-27, no.5, whence SEG 1981.915, BullEp 1982.356, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 204.