Ephesos 285

Item

Text Category
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
102-114
Location of Display
Ionia: Ephesos: Nymphaeum of Trajan
Author
Tiberius Claudius Aristion
Reference
Ephesos 285
Quotation
Ἀ]ρτέμιδι Ἐφ[ε]σίᾳ κα[ὶ] Αὐ[τοκράτορι] Νέρουᾳ Τρα[ιανῶι Κα]ίσα[ρι Σεβαστῶ]ι Γερμ̣[ανικ]ῷ Δακικῶι καὶ τῇ πατρίδι Κλαύδιος Ἀριστίων τρὶς ἀσιάρχης καὶ νεωκό[ρος] [με]τὰ Ἰουλίας Λυδίας Λα[τερανῆς —ίλ]λη[ς] τῆ[ς γυναικός,] θυγα[τ]ρὸς Ἀσίας, ἀρχιε[ρείας καὶ πρυτά]νεως [—] ὕδωρ [εἰσ]αγαγὼν δι’ οὗ κ[ατεσκεύασεν ὀχ]ετοῦ διακοσίων καὶ δέκα σταδίων καὶ τὸ ὑδρεκδοχῖον σὺν παντὶ τῷ κόσμῷ ἀνέθηκεν ἐκ τῶν ἰδί[ων.]
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Infrastructure
Architecture: Monument
Object/ Person Ornamented
Nymphaeum of Trajan, specifically its water reservoir (hydrecdocheion)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Medium/a Ornamenting
In this case, ornament is unspecified, but other hydrecdocheia are elsewhere described as adorned with sculptures in the round/ figural sculptures
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Tiberius Claudius Aristion
Bibliography
Graham 2013, 404-405
Waelkins and Poblome 1995
Notes
Photos are from Graham 2013, p. 403 fig 9 and Waelkens & Poblome 1994, p. 134
Item Identifier
A00430
Determination
Interpreted from context