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

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

Seleucid

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.

Marble

Hellenistic period

Inscriptions