Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

8.501. Altar dedication by Diogenes son of Damonikos

Description: White marble altar with moulding above and below on three sides, a little chipped along the edges (w: 0.29 × h: 0.39 × d: 0.27).

Text: The face carries a relief showing a thunderbolt and below this an inscription.

Letters: 0.015; poorly aligned and uneven; square sigma, near-cursive mu

Date: Second to first century BCE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Tetrastoon: in topsoil

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

Διογένηϲ Δαμονικοῦ̣

Diplomatic

ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗϹΔΑΜΟΝΙΚΟ.

Translation

Diogenes son of Damonikos (scil. dedicated this)

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 73.126

Publication: IAph2007 8.501.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1973)