Description: White marble block broken in two (w: 0.75 × h: 0.455 × d: 0.54); the sides are rough, indicating that it was part of a composite monument, and at the lower edge there is a set back area, suggesting that the block acted as an upper frame to a niche or door.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Perahps Augustan 0.03-0.033
Date: Late first century BCE to first century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: Theatre, north parodos
Original location: Theatre
Last recorded location: Museum
English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
The Good Genius: Ariston son of Ariston the son of Ariston, friend of Caesar, his priest, (scil. dedicated his statue) to the People.
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition 70.222.
Images
Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1978)