Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

2.307. Letter from a Roman official to Aphrodisias

Description: Fragment from the bottom of a white marble stele moulded below (w: 0.30 × h: 0.16 × d: 0.115).

Text: Inscribed on one face, which seems very slightly concave.

Letters: Second to third centuries C.E. standard forms; 0.012

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bouleuterion/Odeon, North Area: NE Odeon, Trench B, depth 1.30

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[---]
[---]εἰσπράσ̣σ̣ε̣ι̣[---]
[--- εἰ]ς τὴν οἰκείαν κομιδ̣[ήν ---]
[---]εται καὶ τοῦ τελών[ου ---]
[--- κ]ωλύσει ((scroll)) εὐτυχεῖτ[ε ( vac. )?]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]ΕΙΣΠΡΑ....[---]
[---..]ΣΤΗΝΟΙΚΕΙΑΝΚΟΜΙ.[..---]
[---]ΕΤΑΙΚΑΙΤΟΥΤΕΛΩΝ[..---]
[---.]ΩΛΥΣΕΙ ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙΤ[....]

Apparatus

1-2: Only the bases of the dotted letters survive.

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds, 1982

. . .] ? he exacts [ . . ? . .] ? with a view to personal supply [ . . ? . . ] and of the tax-collector [ . . ? . .] he will prevent [ . . ? . .]. Farewell

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 73.156

Publication: Reynolds, 1982 51 , whence Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1983.391 , McCabe, PHI, 1996 65 , Kokkinia, 2005 262; IAph2007 2.307.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci)