<rs type="textType">Dedication</rs> of image of the Hours by Zenon and Apphia

Charlotte M. Roueché and Gabriel Bodard2007

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Originally published in McCabe (1993).

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Description of Monument

White marble statue base shaft with moulding below (0.50 × 1.12 × 0.54).

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

0.03

Date

First to second centuries A.D. (nomenclature, lettering)

Edition Ἀφροδείτῃ θεᾷ ἐπιφανεστάτῃ καὶ τῇ πατρίδι Ζήνων Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ἀρτέμωνος τοῦ Αἰνήου νεοποιῶν τὰς Ὥρας ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἀνέθηκεν σὺν καὶ Ἀπφίᾳ Ἀδράστου τῇ γυναικὶ καὶ Ζήνωνι καὶ Μενάνδρῳ τοῖς υἱοῖς
Translation

To Aphrodite, most apparent goddess, and the homeland. Zenon son of Zenon son of Zenon son of Artemon son of Aineas, being neopoios, dedicated the Hours from his own means, with his wife Apphia daughter of Adrastos, and his sons Zenon and Menandros.

Commentary

5.109 is an identical text, with the first two lines erased.

Locations

Unknown Found: in the Hadrianic Baths ; Last known location: in the debris in East court of the Hadrianic Baths

Text Constituted From

Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); Gaudin's squeeze; publications.

History of Recording

Recorded by Gaudin (7); recorded by Mendel/Boulanger (notebook A 41, no.2); found again by the NYU expedition (SBI 135)

Bibliography

Published by Reinach, 19, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 158.

Photographs

[[94.57.18-20]]

Representations

Boulanger, notebook A, page 41