Description: White marble statue base with a large moulded capital which is damaged (w: 0.61 × h: 1.02 × d: 0.66: capital, width lost x 0.27).
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: 0.055-0.06.
Date: 117-138 CE, probably before 123. (reign)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: Place of Palms/South Agora, Agora Gate/Propylon.
Original location: Place of Palms/South Agora, Agora Gate/Propylon
Last recorded location: Museum
Apparatus
5: ΥΙΟΝ cut over ΥΙΩ
English translation
Translation source: Chaniotis, 2024
The People (set up the statue of) Imperator Caesar Hadrianus Augustus, son of Divus Traianus Parthicus, grandson of Divus Nerva.
English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, son of deified Trajan the conqueror of the Parthians, grandson of deified Nerva. The People (scil. erected the statue).
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition, 83.75
Publication: Smith, 2006 H.25 (listed); Chaniotis, 2024 14.
Images
Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1983)
Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1983)
Fig. 3. Face (M. Roueché, 1985)