Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

2.545. Honours for Hermias

Description: Fragment (w: 0.185 × h: 0.245 × d: 0.14) from the left side of a white marble panel with very simple moulding and roughly worked back.

Text: Inscribed on the face; the first letters of each line are on a slightly curving surface.

Letters: 0.01-0.012

Date: First to second centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bishop's Palace: 'MAB 10, Tr. 1, Str. I, -71'

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

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ΤΑΣ̣ Ἀφ̣[ροδι---]
ΤΑΣ ἐπιφαν[εστάτ---]
ΤΗ τῶν προ[---]
ἐτείμησεν [---]
5Ἑ̣ρμίαν Ἀν[---]
τοῦ Ἑρμίο̣[υ---]
τοῦ Ἑρ̣μ[ίου ---]
ΤΟΥ̣ [---]
ἀρε[τῆς ἕνεκα? ---]
10ΛΗΚ̣[---]
ΟΥ̣ [---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[------]
ΤΑ.Α.[....---]
ΤΑΣΕΠΙΦΑΝ[.....---]
ΤΗΤΩΝΠΡΟ[---]
ΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΕΝ[---]
5.ΡΜΙΑΝΑΝ[---]
ΤΟΥΕΡΜΙ.[.---]
ΤΟΥΕ.Μ[...---]
ΤΟ.[---]
ΑΡΕ[........---]
10ΛΗ.[---]
Ο.[---]
[------]

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

. . . ?of Aphrodite [ . . .] the most manifest[ . . .] of the pre-[ . . .] honoured Hermias, son of An[- - ] the son of Hermias ?[ . . .] the son of Hermias [ . . .]?the son of [ . . ] ?for his virtue [ . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 64.295

Images

Fig. 1. 11.214, 2.545 (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)