Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

4.315. Honours for Ammia wife of Hypsikles

Description: A block (w: 0.79 × h: 0.282 × d: 0.63) slightly damaged along upper and left edges of the inscribed face. On the top is a central clamp hole and to the left of it two roundish holes, one linked to the left edge by a shallow pouring channel.

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: Standard second-third century capitals; line 1, 0.015, lines 2-9, ave 0.02; circle for stop.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Place of Palms/South Agora, Agora Gate/Propylon: Re-used at the north end of the gathering pool: NAG PY 89.157

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1990)

Interpretive

[ἡ] βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος καὶ ἡ γερουσία ἐτείμησαν
[τ]α̣ῖς καλλίσταις τειμαις ((stop)) Ἀμμίαν Ζήνωνος τοῦ
[Ζ]ήνωνος τοῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρου γυναῖκα δὲ γε- ( vac. 1)
νομένην Ὑψικλέους τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ὑψικλέ- ( vac. 1)
5ους τοῦ Μενάνδρου τοῦ Ζήνωνος ζησάσαν
σωφρόνως καὶ κοσμίως καὶ πρὸς ὑπόδειγμα
[ἀ]ρετῆς ( vac. 1) Ὑψίκλης Ζήνωνος Ἀμμίαν Ζήνωνος
τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα τῆς εἰς αὐτὴν εὐνοίας
( vac. 5) καὶ φιλοσστοργίας ἕνεκα ( vac. 7)

Diplomatic

[.]ΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΚΑΙΗΓΕΡΟΥΣΙΑΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΝ
[.].ΙΣΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΑΙΣΤΕΙΜΑΙΣ • ΑΜΜΙΑΝΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥ
[.]ΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΔΕΓΕ-   
ΝΟΜΕΝΗΝΥΨΙΚΛΕΟΥΣΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΥΨΙΚΛΕ-   
5ΟΥΣΤΟΥΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΖΗΣΑΣΑΝ
ΣΩΦΡΟΝΩΣΚΑΙΚΟΣΜΙΩΣΚΑΙΠΡΟΣΥΠΟΔΕΙΓΜΑ
[.]ΡΕΤΗΣ  ΥΨΙΚΛΗΣΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΑΜΜΙΑΝΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ
ΤΗΝΕΑΥΤΟΥΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΤΗΣΕΙΣΑΥΤΗΝΕΥΝΟΙΑΣ
          ΚΑΙΦΙΛΟΣΣΤΟΡΓΙΑΣΕΝΕΚΑ              

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 89.a, SBI 160.

Publication: Smith, 2006 H.226 (listed); Thomas, 2024 171, 7 (mention); Chaniotis, 2024 171, n.7 (mention).

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1989)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1989)

Fig. 3. Face (M. Roueché, 1990)

Fig. 4. Face (M. Roueché, 1990)


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