Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

9.111. Dedication to a benefactor

Description: Fragment from the right side of a white marble base with upper moulding (w: 0.31 × h: 0.21 × d: 0.45).

Text: Inscribed on a worn face.

Letters: 0.015

Date: First century BCE to first century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Sebasteion: in a group of stones apparently from the Sebasteion excavation.

Original location: Perhaps Sebasteion

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[--- σω]τῆρι ( vac. 3) κ̣[αὶ]
[εὐεργέτῃ ---]

Diplomatic

[---..]ΤΗΡΙ      .[..]
[........---]

Translation

? ... for the] saviour and [benefactor ...]

Commentary

Perhaps a dedication to an emperor; but this terminology can be used of other benefactors

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1988, Sebasteion 1

Publication: IAph2007 9.111.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1988)