aoe 
of the Greco-Roman Era in certain ancient Sites of Asia Minor. 4) 
word so as to mark its concrete sense, but not benefactress, although in point of 
meaning I gain little by so doing. I wish, however, even in a minute point like 
this, to establish the accuracy of my note-book by shewing that it agrees with a 
dialectal usage. 
The last observation I shall make is, that my copy restores to its right 
possessor the honour of having undertaken the kind office he did on behalf of a 
public benefactress, and, probably, his own relative. Capitolinus was his sur- 
name, which Mr. Fellows’ translation makes Attalus, supplying, at the same time, 
a notice of his descent, of which the sculptor, in all probability, was not aware.* 
Aphrodisias was entered on the east side by a portal, which presents features 
of much more elaborate architecture than the plain, rectangular passage which 
was, as we have seen, surmounted with the Monaxian tablet. ‘The former 
possesses all the characters of a triumphal arch, is more ample in its dimensions, 
and more ornate in its embellishments. If we are to judge by the profusion of 
architectural remains which lie at its base, and are scattered on all sides over a 
* Mr. Fellows’ copy (vol. ii. p. 828, Tit. 38,) reads the concluding lines as follows : 
TIo.KAo KA 
TOAXSINO 
which his editor translates, Ti. Cl. Aitalus, the son of Diogenes. 
The true reading is, 
TIlo KAoKA 
MIETQAEINOY 
as it appears in the transcript which I made. Had Mr. Fellows or his editor seen the first of the 
tituli of Aphrodisias which I have given an account of to the Academy, it is probable that this mis- 
take would have been avoided, as that supplies us with the full name of the commissioner here 
appointed to take charge of the erection of the statue in honour of Claudia Antonia, viz. Tiberius 
Claudius Aurelius Capitolinus. 
One of Mr. Fellows’ own inscriptions might, in truth, have obviated the error, namely, n. 29, 
p- 322, wherein, as in mine, the names of Capitolinus are recited. 
I dwell on this seemingly unimportant point, inasmuch as I regard it as by no means the least 
interesting of the titulist’s labours, to elicit from his monuments as consistent notices as he can of 
the family circumstances of individuals whose names they record. Such might occasionally throw 
light on the annals of their respective states or communities. This is what Mr. Fellows (or rather 
his editor), himself has done, in his remarks appended to his twenty-sixth inscription, p. 318, wb: 
supra. 
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