Description: White marble statue base with moulding above and below on three sides (w: 0.86 × h: 1.30 × d: 0.77).

Text: Inscribed on the face (w: 0.61 × h: 1.00). The lines are not centred.

Letters: 0.055-0.06; line 7, the final sigma has been corrected from epsilon.

Date: 96-98 CE,or later (reign)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Place of Palms/South Agora, Agora Gate/Propylon, in tumble SE of gate.

Original location: Place of Palms/South Agora, Agora Gate/Propylon.

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

English translation

Translation source: Chaniotis, 2024

The People (set up the statue of) Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus from the bequest of Diogenes the Younger, son of Menandros, son of Diogenes.

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus; the People (scil. erected his statue) from the (scil. funds) of Diogenes the younger, son of Menandros, son of Diogenes.

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