Description: Twelve fragments of white marble revetment, some joining to form four groups. Average thickness: d: 0.03.
Text: Inscribed on the face, in two lines.
Letters: 0.12 with broad flat trenches, very generously spaced.
Date: Second century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bishop's Palace: MAB 13, Tr. 1, Str.2.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum
Apparatus
b.1: or [Σεβ]άστω[ν]
Translation
(b): [---] for Augustus [---] (or) [---] of Augusti [---]
Commentary
To judge by the lettering, the reference may be to the emperor Hadrian. The verb in b might describe a function of a responsible official/donor, such as [ἀρχιερα]τευοντ[---]
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition 65.464
Images
Fig. 1. All fragments (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)
Fig. 2. Fragment a reconstructed (M. Roueché, 1972)
Fig. 3. Fragment b reconstructed (M. Roueché, 1972)
Fig. 4. Assorted fragments (M. Roueché, 1977)
Fig. 5. Assorted fragments (M. Roueché, 1977)