Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

1.128. Honours for [---] son of Hypsikles son of Hypsikles

Description: White marble fragment of statue base shaft, without edges (w: 0.38 × h: 0.33 × d: 0.33).

Text: Inscribed on the surviving face.

Letters: Second to third century; 0.04, resembling those of 1.119

Date: First to second centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Temple/Church: east end, probably re-used in the Byzantine bema.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1976)

Interpretive

[---]Ι[---]
[---]Ρ((stop))ΑΙΚ[---]
[---] Ὑψικλ[έους τοῦ]
[--- Ὑψι]κλέο[υς ---]
5[--- το]ῦ Ἀδρι[---]
[...]ΟΥΤΟΙ[---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[---]Ι[---]
[---]Ρ ΑΙΚ[---]
[---]ΥΨΙΚΛ[.......]
[---...]ΚΛΕΟ[..---]
5[---..]ΥΑΔΡΙ[---]
[···]ΟΥΤΟΙ[---]
[------]

Apparatus

1: Not seen by Reinach.
2: AII R; K could be B, ?N

Translation

[son of?] Hypsikl[es --- son of Hypsi]kles [---]

Commentary

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Bibliography

Transcription: a: Gaudin, 190434c; a and b: New York University expedition in 1966

Publication: Reinach, 1906 120 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 374 ; IAph2007 1.128.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1976)

Fig. 3. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)