Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

1.514. Honours for a victor

Description: Fragment of a white marble statue base, broken away above and below; at least w: 0.38 × h: 0.24 × d: 0.365.

Text: Inscribed on the face within a moulded panel.

Letters: 0.015

Date: Late second to early third century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Tetrapylon Street, reused in a wall.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[------ ἐνδό?-]
ξως [---]
Ἀφροδεισιήων
Ἀδωνήων πα-
ρ᾿ἑαυτοῦ ἀνέσ--
5((scroll)) τησεν ((scroll))

Diplomatic

[------....-]
ΞΩΣ[---]
ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΣΙΗΩΝ
ΑΔΩΝΗΩΝΠΑ
Ρ᾿ΕΑΥΤΟΥΑΝΕΣ-
5 ΤΗΣΕΝ

English translation

Translation source: Chaniotis, 2024

“[- - -] erected with his own money (the statue of - -), who gloriously [won? the contest] of the Aphrodisieia Adoneia.

Bibliography

Recorded: New York University expedition in 2012.16

Publication: Chaniotis 2024a 3

Images

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