Description: Rectangular white marble
statue base shaft with moulded panels on three sides (w: 0.48 × h: 1.07 × d: 0.415) , clamp hole on top.
Text:
Inscribed on central panel and (line 1) on moulding above; broken at upper right corner. Lines 8, 10, 15 and 26 run onto right
moulding.
Letters: Line 1, 0.028; line 2, 0.024; line 3ff, 0.022. Abbreviations: horizontal over Μ in line 24.
Date: 240-250 CE (lettering, nomenclature, prosopography)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Place of Palms/South Agora, Agora Gate/Propylon, Trench 5
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum (1978)
Interpretive
[ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ? δῆ-]
μ̣ος ἐ̣[τείμησαν?]
προνοησα̣[μένου?]
τῆς ἀναστά[σεως]
Οὐλ(πίου) Ζήνωνος [τοῦ?]
5 καὶ Ζηνᾶ ἀντιπρ̣[ω-]
τονεοποιοῦ τῆς
τρίτης νεοποιίας
τοῦ Ποσειδωνίου
κατὰ τὴν Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀπολ-
10λωνίου Μαρκιανοῦ
καὶ Κλ(αυδίας) Σελευκεί-
ας Τιβερείνης
Ἀσίας καὶ τῆς πα-
τρίδος ἀρχιερεί-
15ας τῶν ἱερέων τῆς
θεοῦ βούλησιν
καθὰ καὶ ἡ βουλὴ
καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐπε-
κύρωσαν καὶ νε-
20οποιῶν Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου)
Ζηνοβίου ε Ἐπα-
φροδείτου καὶ
Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Κρατέρου ε
Ἀθηναγόρου καὶ Μ(άρκου)
25Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀν(τωνίου) Μενεσθέως
τοῦ Μενάνδρου καὶ
Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἐπιγόνου β
( vac. 1) τοῦ Ζήνωνος
( vac. 1 line)
Diplomatic
[............-]
.ΟΣ.[........]
ΠΡΟΝΟΗΣ.[.....]
ΤΗΣΑΝΑΣΤΑ[....]
ΟΥΛΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ[...]
5ΚΑΙΖΗΝΑΑΝΤΙΠ.[.-]
ΤΟΝΕΟΠΟΙΟΥΤΗΣ
ΤΡΙΤΗΣΝΕΟΠΟΙΙΑΣ
ΤΟΥΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΙΟΥ
ΚΑΤΑΤΗΝΚΛΑΠΟΛ
10ΛΩΝΙΟΥΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΥ
ΚΑΙΚΛΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΙ
ΑΣΤΙΒΕΡΕΙΝΗΣ
ΑΣΙΑΣΚΑΙΤΗΣΠΑ
ΤΡΙΔΟΣΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙ
15ΑΣΤΩΝΙΕΡΕΩΝΤΗΣ
ΘΕΟΥΒΟΥΛΗΣΙΝ
ΚΑΘΑΚΑΙΗΒΟΥΛΗ
ΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΠΕ
ΚΥΡΩΣΑΝΚΑΙΝΕ
20ΟΠΟΙΩΝΜΑΥΡ
ΖΗΝΟΒΙΟΥΕΕΠΑ
ΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΥΚΑΙ
ΜΑΥΡΚΡΑΤΕΡΟΥΕ
ΑΘΗΝΑΓΟΡΟΥΚΑΙΜ
25ΑΥΡΑΝΜΕΝΕΣΘΕΩΣ
ΤΟΥΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥΚΑΙ
ΜΑΥΡΕΠΙΓΟΝΟΥΒ
ΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ
vacat
Apparatus
0-1: Lines 0 and 1 are restored in the light of 17-18.
4-5: Since lines 5-6 make it clear that only one person is intended, the καὶ of line 5 must be introducing a second name for Zenon,
so requiring τοῦ in the missing area at the end of line 4.
English translation
Translation source: Chaniotis, 2024
-- the erection (of the statue) was taken care of by Ulpius Zenon, also called Zenas, the deputy chief neopoios of the third period neopoiia of Poseidonios, in accordance with the wish of Claudius Apollonios Markianos and Claudia Seleukeia Tibereine, high priestess
of Asia and of the fatherland, the priests of the goddess,and in accordance with what also the council and the people approved,
as well as by the neopoioi Marcus Aurelius Zenobios V Epaphroditos, Marcus Aurelius Krateros V Athenagoras, Marcus Aurelius Antonius Menestheus, son
of Menandros, and Marcus Aurelius Epigonos, son of Epigonos, grandson of Zenon.
English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
[ The Council and] the People honoured [(i.e. name unknown)], responsibility for the erection (scil. of the monument) being undertaken by Ulpius Zenon, also called Zenas, standing in as chief temple-builder (i.e. neopoios) in the third period of office of Poseidonios, in accordance with the wishes of Claudius Apollonius Marcianus and Claudia
Seleuceia Tiberine, high priestess of Asia and of her native city, both being priests of the goddess (scil. Aphrodite), according to the confirmation by the Council and the People, and when the temple-builders (i.e. neopoioi) were M. Aurelius Zenobios Epaphroditos V (i.e. son of Zenobios.son of Zenobios, son of Zenobios, son of Zenobios), and M.
Aurelius Krateros Athenagoras V (i.e. son of Krateros, son of Krateros, son of Krateros, son of Krateros), and M. Aurelius
Antonius Menestheus son of Menandros, and M. Aurelius Epigonos II (i.e. son of Epigonos) son of Zenon.
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition 77.124 I-49.
Publication: Smith, 2006 H.181 (listed); Chaniotis, 2024 27.
