<rs type="textType">Building dedication</rs> to an emperor

Joyce M. Reynolds 1980

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Description of Monument

White marble architrave block, slightly chipped on the upper edge and at both sides (2.05 × 0.14 × 0.11).

Description of Text

Inscribed on the external face on two fasciae; the text was clearly continued on the adjacent block.

Letters

0.06; B with closed lower bowl.

Date

First to second century A.D. (terminology, lettering)

Text Αὐτοκράτορι Καίσαρι θεῷ Σεβαστῷ π Ἀντίπατρος πριμοπειλάριος συν
Translation

[[...]]

Commentary

The script rules out Augustus, πατρὶ πατρίδος. The letters are noticeably later than the Zoilos material. Note especially B, which is on the way towards the second to third century form. .

Locations

; Original location: South Agora: Portico of Tiberius, south or west portico Found: South Agora: Portico of Tiberius: fallen in the south west corner; Last known location: Findspot (1978)

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds).

History of Recording

Found by the NYU expedition in 1969 (Portico 2).

Bibliography

Published by Reynolds, PCPS 206, 1980, 78, no. 7, whence SEG 1980.1255, AnnEpig 1980.871, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 102.

Photographs

Face (1978)

KTE 1969.1.6