Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

5.27. Building dedication (?) to the People and Hadrian

Description: Fragments from white marble architrave blocks with plain moulding above. a: chipped and broken at upper left corner and below (w: 0.39 × h: 0.52 × d: 0.25); b: broken on all sides (w: 0.35 × h: 0.39 × d: 0.40); c: broken at both ends, no measurements; d: broken at both ends, no measurements.

Text: Inscribed in a single line on one fascia.

Letters: Worked trenches, strong serifs; 0.065; bar on Υ

Date: 117-138 CE (reign)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Hadrianic Baths: e. in Ambulacrum, Str. 1; b. in Tepidarium; a, c. and d. loose

Original location: Hadrianic Baths

Last recorded location:

Interpretive

θεᾷ Ἀφροδείτῃ καὶ̣ [Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι θεοῦ Τραϊανοῦ υἱῷ θεοῦ Ν]έ̣ρ̣βα [ιων]ῷ Τραι̣ανῷ Ἁδριανῷ [--- καὶ τῷ Δή]μῳ ΠΕ̣[---]

Diplomatic

ΘΕΑΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗΚΑ.[......................................]..ΒΑΥ[...]ΩΤΡΑ.ΑΝΩΑΔΡΙΑΝΩ[---.......]ΜΩΠ.[---]

Translation

For the goddess Aphrodite and [for the Imperator son of the god Trajan, the grands]on of [deified] Nerva, Traianus Hadrianus and] for the People, P-[---]

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition e: 67.530, b: 68.366, a, c and d loose finds..

Images

Fig. 1. Fragment a (M. Roueché, 1973)

Fig. 2. Fragment b. (M. Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 3. Fragment c. (M. Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 4. Fragment c. (M. Roueché, 1975)

Fig. 5. Fragment d. (M. Roueché, 1973)

Fig. 6. Fragment d. (M. Roueché, 1975)

Fig. 7. Fragment e. (M. Roueché, 1980)