Description: A rectangular white marble
statue base shaft (w: 0.56 × h: 1.24 × d: 0.50) with panels within moulded edges on all four sides.
Text: Inscribed on opposite faces within the panels (w: 0.46 × h: 1.08);
the upper edge is complete, although the right side of i (= left side of ii) is broken away. Text i. must have begun on a
crowning feature.
Letters: i. 0.02. ii. 0.03-0.07; very irregular, clearly cut.
Date: i. Second to third centuries C.E.; ii. Late fifth/sixth century (language, lettering). (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Hadrianic Baths, East court/Palaestra, South portico:
'Cour de l'E(st) face S(ud).' (Boulanger, notebook A); 'Portique s(ud)' (notebook B).
Original location: Hadrianic Baths, East Court
Last recorded location: Findspot
Interpretive
i
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[c. 7 καὶ οἱ? χρυ]
σοφόροι νεοποιοὶ̣
τῆς ἁγιωτάτης
θεοῦ Ἀφροδείτης
παρὰ τῇ ἀσύλῳ
5 θεῷ ((stop)) κατὰ τὰ δο-
ξαντα διά τε ( vac. 1) ψη-
φισμάτων καὶ ὑπο-
μνημάτων τῆς κρα-
τίστης βουλῆς τὸν
10 ἁγνότατον νεωκο-
ρον τῆς θεοῦ Ἀφρο-
δείτης καὶ πιστότ̣α-
τὸν οἰκονόμον τῆς
πόλεως Πύ̣ρ̣ρωνα
15 Ἰθάρου τοῦ Ἰθάρου
τρὶς τοῦ Μενιπ - ((scroll))
που εὐνοίας καὶ
πίστεως καὶ εἰλι-
κρινείας καὶ εὐσε-
20βείας τῆς περὶ τὴν
( vac. 1) θεὸν εἵνεκα ( vac. 1)
ἐπιμελησαμένου
τῆς ἀναστάσεως
τοῦ ἀνδρίαντος
25 Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου
Αἰλίου Ἀντωνίου
Βενουσείνου Διογέ-
νους τοῦ Σολωνος
τοῦ ἄρχοντος τῆς κρα-
30τίστης βουλῆς ((scroll)) ii
((Cross)) χρυσῶν | χιλιάδας | τρῖς ὤπασε | τῶιδε λοετρῶι |
(5) Ἑρμίας | κὲ μνῆστιν ἀ|ειζώουσαν | ἐφεῦρεν ((Cross)).
Diplomatic
i
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ΣΟΦΟΡΟΙΝΕΟΠΟΙΟ.
ΤΗΣΑΓΙΩΤΑΤΗΣ
ΘΕΟΥΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗΣ
ΠΑΡΑΤΗΑΣΥΛΩ
5ΘΕΩ • ΚΑΤΑΤΑΔΟ
ΞΑΝΤΑΔΙΑΤΕ ΨΗ
ΦΙΣΜΑΤΩΝΚΑΙΥΠΟ
ΜΝΗΜΑΤΩΝΤΗΣΚΡΑ
ΤΙΣΤΗΣΒΟΥΛΗΣΤΟΝ
10ΑΓΝΟΤΑΤΟΝΝΕΩΚΟ
ΡΟΝΤΗΣΘΕΟΥΑΦΡΟ
ΔΕΙΤΗΣΚΑΙΠΙΣΤΟ.Α
ΤΟΝΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΟΝΤΗΣ
ΠΟΛΕΩΣΠ..ΡΩΝΑ
15ΙΘΑΡΟΥΤΟΥΙΘΑΡΟΥ
ΤΡΙΣΤΟΥΜΕΝΙΠ-
ΠΟΥΕΥΝΟΙΑΣΚΑΙ
ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣΚΑΙΕΙΛΙ
ΚΡΙΝΕΙΑΣΚΑΙΕΥΣΕ
20ΒΕΙΑΣΤΗΣΠΕΡΙΤΗΝ
ΘΕΟΝΕΙΝΕΚΑ
ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ
ΤΗΣΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΣ
ΤΟΥΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΤΟΣ
25ΜΑΡΚΟΥΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥ
ΑΙΛΙΟΥΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ
ΒΕΝΟΥΣΕΙΝΟΥΔΙΟΓΕ
ΝΟΥΣΤΟΥΣΟΛΩΝΟΣ
ΤΟΥΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣΤΗΣΚΡΑ
30ΤΙΣΤΗΣΒΟΥΛΗΣ ii
† ΧΡΥΣΩΝ | ΧΙΛΙΑΔΑΣ | ΤΡΙΣΩΠΑΣΕ | ΤΩΙΔΕΛΟΕΤΡΩΙ |
(5) ΕΡΜΙΑΣ | ΚΕΜΝΗΣΤΙΝΑ |ΕΙΖΩΟΥΣΑΝ | ΕΦΕΥΡΕΝ †
English translation
Translation source: IAph2007
(i): [ . . . ] and the chrysophoroi neopoioi of the most holy god Aphrodite (put up) beside the God who is asylos, according to the decisions conveyed by decrees and
instructions of the most powerful Council, the (statue of the) most pure neokoros of the goddess Aphrodite and most trustworthy
oikonomos of the City, Pyrron son of Itharos (son of Itharos son of Itharos) son of Menippos, on account of his goodwill andgood
faith and integrity and piety towards the God. Marcus Aurelius Aelius Antoninos son of Diogenes son of Solon, archon of the
most powerful Council, was responsible for the erection of the statue.
(ii): Hermias gave three thousands of gold to this bath, and obtained an everliving fame (i.e. memory).
German translation
Translation source: Merkelbach and Stauber, 1998
(ii): Hermias hat 3000 Gold-(Solidi) für dieses Bad gespendet und hat dafür ewiglebenden Ruhm gewonnen.
Bibliography
Transcription: Mendel, 1905; Boulanger, notebooks A, 58 no. 15, A, 59 no. 16, whence B, 7, no. 6 and B, 9, no. 7; J. and L. Robert, 1946; New York University expedition Baths 4, SBI 137a
Publication: i: (lines 1-17) Robert, Études Anatoliennes 299, note 2 (from Boulanger), whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 275; Smith, 2006 H.138 (listed), Smith, 2007 B 6.ii: Grégoire, IGC, 1922 277 (from Mendel) ; Robert, Hellenica IV 130 and plate, whence Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1949.178 ; Roueché, ALA 74 and plate xviii, whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 705 , Merkelbach and Stauber, 1998 02/09/15 , LSA 192; ALA 2004 74, Smith, 2007 B 43 (description). i and ii: IAph2007 5.204
