Dedication to Aphrodite Epekoos for the Seleucid Ruler Demetrius I and his family

-164–-145

Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 24.8 x 25.8 x 2.6 cm (9 3/4 x 10 3/16 x 1 in.)
Genre: Inscriptions
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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This marble plaque preserves an inscription describing the dedication of an altar for the well-being of Demetrius I Soter (162-150 BCE), his wife Laodice, and their children, made by a priest, Apollophanes, son of Apollophanes, to the goddess Aphrodite Epekoos.