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Honorary inscription for Gaius Caesar (princeps iuventutis)
Greek, East Greek
Roman Imperial Period
between 1 B.C. and A.D. 4
Findspot: Anatolia (Turkey), Troad, Assos (Behramkale), Walled into masonry at the north-east corner...
Medium/Technique
Marble
Dimensions
19.1 x 57.2 cm (7 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession Number84.55a-b
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
DescriptionRectangular block, in two pieces. The stone is remarkable as being a palimpsest, so to speak; there has been a hasty erasure of earlier letters, leaving a rough surface.
"The people and the Roman negotiatores
Gaius Caesar the son of Augustus, princeps iuventutis, and consul."
"The people and the Roman negotiatores
Gaius Caesar the son of Augustus, princeps iuventutis, and consul."
ProvenanceFrom Assos (Behramkale, Turkey); walled into the very large diagonal masonry at the north-east corner of the Bouleuterion. 1881-82: excavated by the Archaeological Institute of America; gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to MFA, January 15, 1884.