Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

5.226. Dedication of a caryatid

Description: Fragments, apparently, of one marble statue base, with moulding above and a simple egg and dart pattern on at least 3 sides. a: Upper left corner with moulding and egg and dart surviving above (w: 0.32 × h: 0.57 × d: not known); b: Upper right corner with egg and dart surviving (w: 0.23 × h: 0.39 × d: 0.32).

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: 0.05

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

Findspot: Aphrodisias: b in the Hadrianic Baths, East Court, 'partie nord', 1905; a, and b in Place of Palms/South Agora, West portico, 1984

Original location: Hadrianic Baths: ?Caryatid portico

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

a
Κλ(αυδία?) Ε[---]
Ο̣Ι̣[---]
[------]
b
[---]Α̣Π̣
[------]

Diplomatic

a
ΚΛΕ[---]
..[---]
[------]
b
[---]..
[------]

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

a. Cl(audia?) Ε[---]

Bibliography

Transcription: b: Boulanger, notebooks A, 63 no. 27; a and b: New York University expedition 84.77, 84.76

Images

Fig. 1. Fragment a (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1984)

Fig. 2. Fragment a (M. Roueché, 1985)

Fig. 3. Fragment b (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1984)

Fig. 4. Fragment b (M. Roueché, 1985)

Fig. 5. Fragment b: Boulanger notebook A, 63