Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

14.61. Dedication of an Eagle to Zeus

Description: Marble votive image of an eagle, standing on a small base: w: 0.28 × h: 0.34. Worked at the back and the front; the head and the upper parts of the wings are lost.

Text: Inscribed on the face of the base.

Letters: 0.02

Date: First-third century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Dedeler

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Aydın Archaeological Museum

Interpretive

Μελτίνη Διεὶ
( vac. 1) εὐχήν ( vac. 4)

Diplomatic

ΜΕΛΤΙΝΗΔΙΕΙ
  ΕΥΧΗΝ        

English translation

Translation source: Chaniotis, 2010a

Meltine, to Zeus in fulfilment of a vow

Translation (tr)

Translation source: Ertuğrul, 2008

Meltine (bu heykeli) Zeus’a adak olarak (sundu)

Bibliography

Transcription: Found at an unknown date

Publication: Ertuğrul, 2008 5, whence SEG 58.1187, Chaniotis, EBGR 2011.43, Chaniotis, 2010a 8, Chaniotis, EBGR 2013.39.

Images

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