Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

11.205. Sculptor's signature : Euplous

Description: White marble block (w: 0.95 × h: 0.63 × d: 0.38) with a border demarcated by an incised line on three sides; the central area is hatched, as if for plastering, and perhaps once bore some decorative element to which the inscription may refer; it may be that there are traces of some letters in this area.

Text: Inscribed along the upper border and down the right border (last three letters).

Letters: Uneven in height and poorly aligned; 0.06; square sigma; rudimentary serifs.

Date: Second to first centuries BCE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: City, Water Channel area : re-used over a doorway in the excavation area.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1981)

Interpretive

Εὔπλουϲ ἐπύει

Diplomatic

ΕΥΠΛΟΥϹΕΠΥΕΙ

Translation

Euplous made (scil. this).

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1962, Water Channel 2.

Publication: IAph2007 11.205.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1981)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1981)