Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

9.4. Title for image of the [Ar]abs

Description: Upper panel with simple moulding above which formed the upper part of a false 'base', cut down for re-use (w: 0.58 × h: 0.32 × d: 0.45).

Text: Inscribed on the face below moulding.

Letters: First century CE; 0.04

Date: Julio-Claudian (archaeological context)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Theatre

Original location: Sebasteion, North Portico

Last recorded location: Museum (1978)

Interpretive

ἔ̣θνους
[Ἀρ]ά̣βων

Diplomatic

.ΘΝΟΥΣ
[..].ΒΩΝ

Apparatus

2: . . . ]βῶν Reynolds, 1981b

English translation

Translation source: Smith, 2013

(Of the) ethnos of the Arabs

English translation

Translation source: IAph2007

People of the [Ara]bs.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition, 73.74

Publication: Reynolds, 1981b 21 , whence SEG 31.930 , AE 1982.892.p, BE 1982.356 ; Smith, 1988 3 whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 908 ; IAph2007 9.4; Smith, 2013 B-base 26, whence SEG 63.850.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1978)