Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

4.306. Donor's inscription of Kapitoleinos

Description: White marble relief sculpture panel showing Pan and a seated female figure.

Text: Inscribed on upper moulding, which is broken away.

Letters: Second to third centuries; 0.03

Date: Late second century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Place of Palms/South Agora, Agora Gate/Propylon, during excavation

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[--- Καπιτω?]λεῖνος ὑιὸς Καπιτωλ̣[είνου ---]

Diplomatic

[---......]ΛΕΙΝΟΣΥΙΟΣΚΑΠΙΤΩ.[.....---]

Translation

[--- Kapito]leinos son of Kapitol[einos ---]

Commentary

Presumably the name of a donor.

For a description of the panel see P. Linant de Bellefonds, Aph.Papers III, 174-86, 184.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1978 ( Agora Gate 1, previously Nymphaeum 1)

Publication: IAph2007 4.306; Chaniotis, 2024 6.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1978)