<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 above and below (0.545 × 1.08 × 0.53).

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face?

Letters

0.03

Date

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

Edition Ἀφροδείτῃ θεᾷἐπιφανεστάτῃ καὶ τῇ πατρίδι Ζήνων Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ἀρτέμωνος τοῦ Αἰνήου νεοποιῶν τὰς Ὥρας ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἀνέθηκεν σὺν καὶ ἈπφίᾳἈδράστου τῇ γυναικὶ καὶ Ζήνωνι καὶ Μενάνδρῳ τοῖς υἱοῖς
Text Constituted From

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

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

This text is identical to 5.108, except that here the first two lines, referring to Aphrodite, have been erased. Compare the two bases honouring Zenon and Menandros, from the same area, where on one the term archiereus has been erased.

Locations

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

History of Recording

Recorded by Gaudin (152); found again by the NYU expedition (SBI 136)

Bibliography

Published by Reinach, 20, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 159.

Photographs

Face (1969)