Description: White marble architrave block (w: 0.42 × h: 1.22 × depth not measurable), with upper moulding chipped away.
Text: Inscribed on a single fascia, i. to the left of ii. The block appears complete to the left; i. must have begun on an adjoining block.
Letters: 0.055-0.065
Date: First century BCE - first century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: reused in the Walls, South (east part), in the area excavated in 1975
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot (1973)
Translation
(i): The Council and the People honoured Heraios.
(ii): The Council and the People honoured Geis daughter of Attalos, wife of Heraios.
Bibliography
Transcription: Sherard, 1705 12v; Picenini, 1705 18v; Fellows, 1840; Loew, 1841; Kubitschek, June 1893 K.III.45; Reichel, 1893 R.I.24v (noted); Gaudin, 1904 19; Calder, 1934; New York University expedition in 1973
Publication: CIG II.2, 1835 2809 ; Fellows, 1841 36, whence CIG II.3, 1843 1112 and 1115; Franz, 1847 a.18 ; Reinach, 1906 47 ; MAMA 8 465 whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 277, Smith, 2006 H.208, H.209 (listed); IAph2007 12.602;
Images
Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1973)
Fig. 2. Face and wall (M. Roueché, 1973)
Fig. 3. ii: Sherard, fair copy (Harley MS 7509), f.45r, at British Library
Fig. 4. Kubitschek notebook, III, 45
Fig. 5. Reichel notebook, I.24v (noted)