Base for statue of Damocharis, governor of Asia. Ephesus (Asia). Fourth to fifth century, or just possibly sixth
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Ephesus
Province:
Asia
Region:
Asia Minor
Details:
Embolos, east of Nymphaeum of Trajan
Current Location:
Close to find spot.
OBJECT
Object:
Base, for marble statue
Material:
Marble
Re-Use?
Yes
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
163.5
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Damocharis
Position:
Provincial Governors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
The money-changers of Ephesus
Position:
Guilds
DATE
Earliest:
300
Latest:
550
MAIN REFERENCE
Engelmann, H. Knibbe, D. & R. Merkelbach, Die Inschriften von Ephesos Teil IV. Inschriften griechischer Städte aus Kleinasien, vol. 14, Bonn 1980, 163, no. 1302
Miltner, F. '22. Vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen in Ephesos', Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes in Wien 44, 243-314, Vienna 1959, 348
Bauer, F. A., Stadt, Platz und Denkmal in der Spätantike, Mainz 1996, 424