Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

4.317. Honours for Adrastos

Description: Rectangular plain white marble statue base, with the left side broken away, and a variety of clamp-holes on top (w: 0.94 × h: 0.275 × d: 0.595)

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: Lines 1,3,5, 0.025; lines 2,4, 0.03; dot for stop.

Date: First century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Place of Palms/South Agora, Agora Gate/Propylon, in the basin, with 4.318

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

ἡ γερουσία ἐτείμησεν
Ἄδραστον ((stop)) Ἱεροκλέους
τοῦ Ἀδράστου ἄνδρα κ[α-]
λὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν δι[ὰ προ-]
5 ( vac. 4)γόνων ( vac. 9)

Diplomatic

ΗΓΕΡΟΥΣΙΑΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΕΝ
ΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΝ ΙΕΡΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
ΤΟΥΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΥΑΝΔΡΑΚ[.-]
ΛΟΝΚΑΙΑΓΑΘΟΝΔΙ[....-]
5        ΓΟΝΩΝ                  

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

The Gerousia honoured Adrastos, son of Hierokles, the son of Adrastos, a fine and good man by ancestral tradition.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 87.371, SBI 76.

Publication: Smith, 2006 H.50 (listed); Thomas, 2024 171, 4 (mention)

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1988)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1988)