Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

4.133. Dedication of a caryatid(?).

Description: Fragment from the upper part of a white marble statue base, w: 0.185 × h: 0.265 × d: 0.25.

Text: Inscribed on the face

Letters: 0.04

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

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Place of Palms/South Agora: West Portico

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

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[--- Κλαυ?]δία
[--- Ἱου?]λια-
[---] ΙΟ
[---]Ι̣
[------]

Diplomatic

[---....]ΔΙΑ
[---...]ΛΙΑ
[---]ΙΟ
[---].
[------]

Translation

Claudia [Ju]lia ( or ) [daughter of Ju]lianus [------]

Commentary

The form of the fragment strongly suggests one of the Caryatid dedications

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1989, 89.f.9

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1994)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1994)