Description: Marble altar-stele h: 0.745; For a full description see Kontokosta (2008).
Text: Inscribed on the face above the figure of a gladiator, in relief. The gladiator is standing on a base, advancing to the left. He stands on a base, facing forwards. His right hand holds an object (? a net); with his left hand he holds his trident upright.
Letters: Standard forms
Date: Second-third century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias Walls, North-west stretch: found in dismantling the wall
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché
Melanippos
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition 01.041
Publication: Smith and Ratté, 2003, 328 (mention); Smith and Ratté, 2004 174 (mention) and fig. 31; Chaniotis, 2004 21, whence SEG 54.1048; AE 2004.1453; Kontokosta, 2008 12 (whence SEG 58.1183)
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