Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.120. Dedication to the emperors, the People and Herakles

Description: White marble architrave block (w: 1.19 × h: 0.275 × d: 0.70), chipped at either end.

Text: Inscribed on two fasciae

Letters: Perhaps first century CE, 0.04-0.045

Date: Perhaps first century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: North Agora, "in a trench between the MAB (Bishop's Palace) and the Baths".

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

[θ]εοῖς Σεβαστοῖς τῷ δήμῳ Ἡρακλεῖ τὸ πρόπυλον
[Μ(ᾶρκον)?] Ἀντώνιος Λυσίμαχος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἀνέθηκεν

Diplomatic

[.]ΕΟΙΣΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΙΣΤΩΔΗΜΩΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΤΟΠΡΟΠΥΛΟΝ
[.]ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΣΕΚΤΩΝΙΔΙΩΝΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

For the deified Augusti, the People and Herakles, [?Marcus] Antonius Lysimachos dedicated the propylon, from his own resources.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition Odeon 11

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