Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

8.52. Dedication of a statue of Demos by Nikomachos and Menodotos.

Description: White marble statue base with elaborate moulding above and below, chipped at the upper right corner (w: 0.84 × h: 0.68 × d: 0.84). The statue of the Demos was found with it.

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: 0.025; circular stops.

Date: First to second centuries CE (titulature, nomenclature)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Theatre

Original location: Theatre

Last recorded location: Museum, on display next to the statue of the Demos

Interpretive

Ἀφροδίτῃ θεοῖς Σεβαστοῖς
τῷ Δήμῳ τὸ ἄγαλμα τοῦ Δή-
μου Νικόμαχος Μηνοδότου
τοῦ Μενάνδρου καὶ Μηνόδο-
5τος Νικομάχου τοῦ Μηνοδό-
του καθὼς ἐπηνγίλαντο ((star))

Diplomatic

ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΘΕΟΙΣΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΙΣ
ΤΩΔΗΜΩΤΟΑΓΑΛΜΑΤΟΥΔΗ
ΜΟΥΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΣΜΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΥ
ΤΟΥΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥΚΑΙΜΗΝΟΔΟ
5ΤΟΣΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥΤΟΥΜΗΝΟΔΟ
ΤΟΥΚΑΘΩΣΕΠΗΝΓΙΛΑΝΤΟ *

Translation

For Aphrodite, the gods Augusti, the People: the statue of the People Nikomachos son of Menodotos the son of Menandros and Menodotos son of Nikomachos the son of Menodotos (scil. put up) as they promised.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 70.1023, SBI 151

Publication: Erim and Smith, 1991, p.74, 6, whence AE 1991.1525, SEG 41.921 ; IAph2007 8.52.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Graham, 2005)