Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

14.52. Dedication to Zeus Spaloxios

Description: Marble altar, w: 0.20 × h: 0.52 × d: 0.10, with a relief on the front face of a double axe, later defaced.

Text: Inscribed on the two sides, a and b.

Letters: No measurements

Date: ?Hellenistic - Imperial period (lettering)

Findspot: Avdan

Original location: Unknown.

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
Διὶ Ϲπαλωξίῳ
[κ]ατὰ ἐπιταγὴ[ν]
b

[Φ]ιλόμουϲοϲ

Diplomatic

a
ΔΙΙϹΠΑΛΩΞΙΩ
[.]ΑΤΑΕΠΙΤΑΓΗ[.]
b

[.]ΙΛΟΜΟΥϹΟϹ

English translation

Translation source: Chaniotis, 2010a

to Zeus Spaloxios, in accordance with his command, Philomousos

Bibliography

Transcription: Transcribed by Jeanne and Louis Robert, before 1983

Publication: Robert, 1983 166, note 27, whence SEG 33.857, McCabe, PHI, 1996 180, Chaniotis, 2010a 6, whence SEG 60.1078, Chaniotis, EBGR 2013.39

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