Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

1.119. Fragment of honours from Temple

Description: Fragments of a white marble base, battered. a., without edges (w: 0.50 × h: 0.38 × d: 0.50); b., from the left edge, which is chipped (no measurements).

Text: Inscribed on one face; a. surviving face: w: 0.15 × h: 0.30.

Letters: a. lines 1-2, 0.04; lines 3, 5, 0.035; line 4, 0.03; lines 6-7 0.034; b. 0.035-0.04. Diaeresis and apex on initial Ι, line 3; resembling those of 1.128

Date: First to second centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Temple/Church: apse, probably re-used in the Byzantine bema

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: a. Temple; b. Museum (1977)

Interpretive

a
[------]
[---]ΡΑΓ̣Ι̣[---]
[---] Κ̣ΗΣΑ [---]
[---]ΙΔΙΑ[---]
[---]ΝΠΛ̣[---]
5[---]Ο̣ΤΕ[---]
[---]ΓΥΝ[---]
[---]ΙΝ[---]
[------]
b
[------]
[.]Κ[---]
[.]ΤΗ[---]
[.]ΦΙΛΟ[---]
[.]καὶ Ε[---]
5[.]( vac. 2)(δηνάρια)[---]
[------]

Diplomatic

a
[------]
[---]ΡΑ..[---]
[---].ΗΣΑ[---]
[---]ΙΔΙΑ[---]
[---]ΝΠ.[---]
5[---].ΤΕ[---]
[---]ΓΥΝ[---]
[---]ΙΝ[---]
[------]
b
[------]
[·]Κ[---]
[·]ΤΗ[---]
[·]ΦΙΛΟ[---]
[·]ΚΑΙΕ[---]
5[·]    .[---]
[------]

Apparatus

a.2: perhaps from γυμνασιαρχήσαντα
a.6-7: Letters underlined known only from Gaudin's squeeze

Translation

No words discernible.

Bibliography

Transcription: a: Gaudin, 1904 34b; a and b: New York University expedition

Publication: a: Reinach, 1906 119 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 373 ; IAph2007 1.119.

Images

Fig. 1. Fragment a (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 2. Fragment a (M. Roueché, 1977)

Fig. 3. Fragment b (M. Roueché, 1977)