Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

4.132. Fragment, perhaps from dedication of a caryatid

Description: White marble caryatid base fragment (w: 0.15 × h: 0.265 × d: 0.15).

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: Very similar to other "caryatid" dedications; 0.035

Date: Mid second century CE (lettering, monument, group, prosopography)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Place of Palms/South Agora: West Portico, south-west, but possibly from the French excavation of Baths.

Original location: Hadrianic Baths, East Court: ?Caryatid portico

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

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[---]ΕΩΣ̣[---]
[---]Α ((scroll))[---]
[---] ( vac. ) [---]

Diplomatic

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[---]ΕΩ.[---]
[---]Α [---]
[---]      [---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

No translation possible.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 69.488

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1969)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)