251. Titles on philosopher portraits Charlotte M. Roueché 2003

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Description of Monument

A group of nine 'shield portraits', of which numbers 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 are inscribed; 5 is grey marble; the rest are white marble. For full description see Smith (1990), especially 132-147.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the rim below the bust.

Description of Letters

1, 3, 7, 0.045; 6, 0.04; 5, 0.03.

Date

Late fifth century (style, lettering, context).

Edition Πίνδαρος Ἀλκιβιάδης Ἀριστοτέλης Πυθαγόρας Ἀπολλώνιος
Translation 1. Pindar 3. Alcibiades 5. Aristotle 6. Pythagoras 7. Apollonius
Commentary

See discussion at V.14.

Found

Atrium House: lying behind apse.

Original Location

Mounted in the apse: Smith (1990), 129-30.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1981: 1: ; 3:81.136; 5: 81.97; 6: 81.135; 7: 81.114.

Bibliography

Published by R. R. R. Smith (1990) 127, whence SEG 1990.950, BE 1991.519, PHI 516 (1 only); discussed, R. R. R. Smith, 'Late Roman philosophers', Aphrodisias Papers 2, 144-167.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

Text 1 (1981)

Text 3 (1985)

Text 5 (1981)

Text 6 (1985)

Text 7 (1985)

Category of Text

statue description.

Category of Monument

shield bust; sculpture.