Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.191. Votive human figure

    Description: White marble statuette of a human male torso in relief, with no head and no lower legs, standing on a small plinth. No measurements.

    Text: Inscribed on the front of the plinth, which is broken away at each side.

    Letters: First to third centuries, no measurements

    Date: First to third centuries CE (lettering)

    Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray find?

    Original location: Unknown

    Last recorded location: Museum (1995)

    Interpretive

    [..]Ἀφροδ̣[είτῃ---]
    [---ευ]̓χὴ Ἀμ[μίας?]

    Diplomatic

    [··]ΑΦΡΟ.[....---]
    [---..]ΧΗΑΜ[....]

    English translation

    Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

    For Aphrodite, the votive offering of Am[?mia]

    Bibliography

    Recorded: New York University expedition in 1986.

    Images

    Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1986)

    Fig. 2. Face (NYU, 1995)