Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

6.3025. Edict of Maximum Prices: Chapters 25-28

Description: White marble panels

Text: Inscribed on the face of the panels. Bay III, Lower Register, Right

Letters: Measurements?

Date: 301 CE (internal date)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Basilica

Original location: Basilica façade, Bay III

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

Edict Chapter 25
d[e grabatis]
[---]
[grabatum buxeum] ( vac. ) (denariis) [sescen]tis
[grabatum stablensae ( vac. ) (denariis) quinqu]aginta
Edict Chapter 26
de tel[is]
tela [holosericis uestis scutlatae ( vac. ) (denariis) sept]ingentis qu[inquaginta]
( vac. ) [cum omni instrumento ex ligno]
te[la subsericae uestis cum omni instrumento ex ligno ( vac. ) (denariis) ---]
te[la lentiaria cum omni instrumento ex ligno et spathis ( vac. ) (denariis) ---]
tela [ad uestes grossas ( vac. ) (denariis) ---]
Edict Chapter 27
de cup[is]
cup[ae siue uaginae modiorum quad]raginta ( vac. ) [(denariis) ---]
bu[ttis s(extariorum) quinquaginta ( vac. ) (denariis) quinquaginta]
c̣[etera eius modi pro mensura capacitatis habita ratione distrahi debent]
Edict Chapter 28
ḍ[e uimineis]
[---]
[---]
[---]
[---]

(Chapter 29, below, is missing)

Diplomatic

Edict Chapter 25
D[.........]
[---]
[..............]       𐆖 [......]TIS
[...........................]AGINTA
Edict Chapter 26
DETEL[..]
TELA[.................................]INGENTISQU[..........]
      [.........................]
TE[..............................................---]
TE[................................................---]
TELA[..................---]
Edict Chapter 27
DECUP[..]
CUP[.........................]RAGINTA      [---]
BU[.................................]
.[.............................................................]
Edict Chapter 28
.[.........]
[---]
[---]
[---]
[---]

(Chapter 29, below, is missing)

Apparatus

25.0: [de grabatis] Crawford, 2023 25.0: MHC does not note the Aphrodisian testimony but the D (cursive form) clearly survives in the margin of this fragment (III, 9 = Stray 2015 unpublished), as seen from Plate 18. Incidentally the associated fragment (III, 10 = 1971-104) is listed by Julia as ‘Unpublished’ but is clearly represented by Joyce at ALA1989, 231, p. 276, ch. XII.ii.
27.3: [cetera] Crawford, 2023 || 27.3-28.0: MHC 2023 reconstructs 27.3 as a two-line entry with wrapped text, following Aezani. However, the recently found fragment (III, 13 = 2018-68), illustrated in Plate 18, demonstrates clearly that 27.3 occupied only a single line and, moreover, that traces of the C at the beginning of the line are visible. Hence I have restored it as underdotted, where MHC takes it entirely from Aezani.

Commentary

FURTHER IMAGE, 2018

Bibliography

Recorded: Kubitschek, June 1893 III.24, 25, V.15; Gaudin, 1904 ; Calder, 1934 ; Jacopi, 1937-38 ; New York University expedition 1969.226, 70.390, 2018.68

Publication: CIL 2208-2209 (parts); Reinach, 1906 6 (part); Jacopi, 1940 1-5 (part); MAMA 8 425 (part); Erim and Reynolds, 1970 ; Erim and Reynolds, 1973 ; Reynolds, 1989 231, whence PHI Aphrodisias 77; Crawford, 2023 Chapter 3

Images

Fig. 1. Ch.25, Lines 2-3 - Ch.26, Line 1 (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1969)

Fig. 2. Ch. 26, lines 0-3 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)