Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.933. Honours for Domitian

Description: White marble statue base shaft with moulding at top and bottom on three sides (w: 0.71 × h: 0.45 × d: 0.62).

Text: Inscribed on the face which is chipped at the sides and along the upper moulding (lines 1-2). There is a large cutting on top.

Letters: 0.03; circle as stop; rho with a tail.

Date: 83-96 CE (reign)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, West stretch: during clearing.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[Αὐ]τοκράτο[ρα Καίσ]αρα ((stop))
θεοῦ Οὐεσπασιανοῦ ((stop)) υἱὸν
Δομιτιανὸν Σεβασστὸν
Γερμανικὸν ἀνείκητον
5ὁ δῆμος καθειέρωσεν ἐπι-
μεληθέντος Τίτου Φλα-
βίου Ἀδράσστου ((stop)) υἱοῦ Κυ[( vac. 1)-]
ρείνᾳ Δομιτίνου [( vac. 4)]

Diplomatic

[..]ΤΟΚΡΑΤΟ[......]ΑΡΑ
ΘΕΟΥΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ ΥΙΟΝ
ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΝΣΕΒΑΣΣΤΟΝ
ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΝΑΝΕΙΚΗΤΟΝ
5ΟΔΗΜΟΣΚΑΘΕΙΕΡΩΣΕΝΕΠΙ
ΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΟΣΤΙΤΟΥΦΛΑ
ΒΙΟΥΑΔΡΑΣΣΤΟΥ ΥΙΟΥΚΥ[.-]
ΡΕΙΝΑΔΟΜΙΤΙΝΟΥ[....]

Apparatus

Note the reduplicated ΣΣ in lines 3 and 7.

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

Imperator Caesar son of the god Vespasianus, Domitianus Augustus, conqueror of the Germans, invincible. The People dedicated (scil. his statue); Titus Flavius Domitinos, son of Adrasstos, of the tribe Quirina, took responsibility.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 75.143, SBI 45

Publication: Smith, 2006 H.23 (listed)

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1975)