Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.187. Fragmentary mention of Aphrodite

Description: White marble fragment, broken on all sides; no measurements.

Text: Inscribed on the face, which is worn.

Letters: Irregular. ?First to fourth centuries, no measurements

Date: First to fourth centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray find?

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1971)

Interpretive

[---]
[---]θεὰ Ἀφρ̣[οδίτη---]
[---]Ι̣Ι̣Σ [κ?]α̣ὶ̣ [---]
[---]Τ̣ΟΙ̣[---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]ΘΕΑΑΦ.[.....---]
[---]..Σ[.]..[---]
[---].Ο.[---]
[------]

Apparatus

1: It is not certain whether this is a nominative or a dative

Translation

. . . ] the goddess Aphrodite [. . . ] ? and [ . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1971.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1971)