Description: A white marble statue base shaft with recessed edges (w: 0.335 × h: 0.65 × d: 0.335) broken above and below.
Text: Inscribed on the face. The inscription was apparently left unfinished; but it is also possible that the carver started on the familiar formula τὴν δὲ ἀ[νάστασιν τοῦ ἀνδριάντος ποιησαμένου κτλ, and then discovered that it was not required
Letters: Standard second-third-century forms, 0.025; dot for stop
Date: c. 196 A.D. (contests)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: City, Water Channel area:
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum
Translation
[ - - ], who won the boys' running-race in the contest celebrated for the third four-year occurrence of the Aphrodeisiea Philemoniea; the contest-presidents were the neopoioi led by Marcus Antonius Apellas Severeinos. The [ ...
Bibliography
Transcription: Paris and Holleaux, 1884; Gaudin, 1904, 105; Calder, 1934; New York University expedition, 64.238, SBI 14
Publication: Paris and Holleaux, 1885 3 , whence Liermann, 1889 23 ; Reinach, 1906 145 (mention) ; MAMA 8 506 , whence Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1972.414 (mention) , McCabe, PHI, 1996 344 ; Roueché, PPA 81, whence PHI PPAphr 81, Smith, 2006 H.271 (listed); IAph2007 11.224.
Images
Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1978)