Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

1.303. Honours for anonymous

Description: Two joining fragments forming the upper front part of a white marble statue base shaft (w: 0.48 × h: 0.22 × d: 15)

Text: Inscribed within a moulded panel and (lines 1-2) on the upper moulding. The inscription must have begun on a crowning capital.

Letters: Lines 1, 2, 0.023; lines 3 ff., 0.018; dots for stops.

Date: Unknown.

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Temple/Church, Temenos: 'T.Aph. Tem. II'

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

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[..]Λ̣ΤΑ φιλότ[ει]μον ἐκ
προγόνων ((stop)) υἱὸν τα-
μίου ((stop)) Π[c. 9]Σ̣
5γραμμ[ατέα ἄνδρα σο-]
φὸν Ι̣[c. 12]
[.]Ε̣[c. 14]
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Diplomatic

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[··].ΤΑΦΙΛΟΤ[..]ΜΟΝΕΚ
ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩΝ ΥΙΟΝΤΑ
ΜΙΟΥ Π[·········].
5ΓΡΑΜΜ[...........-]
ΦΟΝ.[············]
[·].[··············]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

. . . (i.e. honoured)] loving honour in the manner of his ancestors, son of a treasurer [ . . . ], secretary, a wise [man? . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 64.283a, 64.283b

Publication: Smith, 2006 H.176 (listed)

Images

Fig. 1. Both fragments (M. Roueché, 1977)

Fig. 2. Right end (Rosenbaum-Alföldi, I.90, 1966)