Information on the provenance, history and modern location of the monument, when known. Encoded in the <history> element, part of the <msDesc>. Depending on the information available, the following subsections could be used:
If detailed historical, dating and provenance information is not known (e.g. for an object or manuscript long held in a repository or private collection), a general description of the history of the object may be given in one or more <p> element rather than the structured elements described in these sections.
<history>
<origin>
<origDate>Second to third centuries C.E.</origDate>
<origPlace>
<placeName type="ancientFindspot">Aphrodisias</placeName>: probably in the grounds of the Temple of Aphrodite.
</origPlace>
</origin>
<provenance type="found" when="1968">
<p>Re-used in the City Walls.</p>
</provenance>
<provenance type="observed" when="2012">
<p>Aphrodisias Museum.</p>
</provenance>
</history>
<history>
<p>The stone may have been in the private collection of Pr Cresson, who invited Louis Robert
to read and translate the inscription. Robert recorded no information on its provenance and its
later whereabouts are unknown. It has never emerged on the antiquities market.</p>
</history>
Responsibility for this section
Simona Stoyanova, author
Gabriel Bodard, author