Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

6.3035. Edict of Maximum Prices: Chapters 35-36

Description: White marble panels

Text: Inscribed on the face of the panels. Bay III, Dado, Column 2

Letters: Measurements?

Date: 301 CE (internal date)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Basilica area, Place of Palms/South Agora

Original location: Basilica façade, Bay III

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

Edict Chapter 35
de cribris
cribrum areale coriacium ( vac. ) (denariis) duce[n]tis quinquaginta
cribrum pelli[c]eum simulare ( vac. ) (denariis) qua[dri]ngentis
cribrum textil[e m]aximum ( vac. ) (denariis) ducentis
cribrum textil[e rus]ticanum pistorium ( vac. ) (denariis) centum
5cribrum legu[minale t]ext[ile] ( vac. ) (denariis) quinquaginta
cribrum ca[..ecile tex]tile ( vac. ) (denariis) quadraginta
cribrum s[ub]edian[um coria]cium [( vac. ) (denariis)] sexaginta
Edict Chapter 36
de ạẹṛạṃ[ento]
[aeramen]ti orichalci ( vac. ) [po(ndus) unum ( vac. ) (denariis)] centum
[aeramen]ti Cypri ( vac. ) [po(ndus)] unu[m ( vac. ) (denariis)] septuaginta quinque
[aeramenti] ductilis ( vac. ) po(ndus) unum [( vac. ) (denariis)] sexaginta
[aeramenti c]ommuṇ[is] ( vac. ) po(ndus) unum [( vac. ) (denariis)] quinquaginta

Diplomatic

Edict Chapter 35
DECRIBRIS
CRIBRUMAREALECORIACIUM       𐆖 DUCE[.]TISQUINQUAGINTA
CRIBRUMPELLI[.]EUMSIMULARE       𐆖 QUA[...]NGENTIS
CRIBRUMTEXTIL[..]AXIMUM       𐆖 DUCENTIS
CRIBRUMTEXTIL[....]TICANUMPISTORIUM       𐆖 CENTUM
5CRIBRUMLEGU[.......]EXT[...]       𐆖 QUINQUAGINTA
CRIBRUMCA[··........]TILE       𐆖 QUADRAGINTA
CRIBRUMS[..]EDIAN[.......]CIUM[...]SEXAGINTA
Edict Chapter 36
DE.....[....]
[.......]TIORICHALCI      [.........]CENTUM
[.......]TICYPRI      [..]UNU[....]SEPTUAGINTAQUINQUE
[.........]DUCTILIS      POUNUM[...]SEXAGINTA
[..........]OMMU.[..]      POUNUM[...]QUINQUAGINTA

Apparatus

36,.3-4: MHC 2023, p. 67 in his apparatus claims that X ‘just visible at Aphrodisias on Bay III, Frg. 29 (Pl. 21), contra ALA 231, 280’ but he does not printed them as such in his main text and I cannot see any sign on the photo, even at great magnification.

Commentary

FIND photographs of assembled pieces GP_2011_0042-07222011

Bibliography

Recorded: Kubitschek, June 1893 III.24, 25, V.15; Gaudin, 1904 ; Calder, 1934 ; Jacopi, 1937-38 ; New York University expedition 70.405A, 71.112, 71.113, 71.116, 72.180, 77.94

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. Bay III, Dado: All four columns, with fragments: Chapter 31, line 35 to Chapter 48 (Mossman Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 2. Left column: Chapter 31, line 35 - Chapter 32, line 1; Central column: Chapter 33, Chapter 34 and Chapter 35, Lines 0-7; Right column: Chapter 37, Lines 5-10, Chapter 39, lines 1-3, Chapter 40, Chapter 41, Chapter 42 (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1971)

Fig. 3. Chapter 34, Line 4, Chapter 35, Lines 1-7, Chapter 36, line 0 (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 4. Chapter 34, Line 4, Chapter 35, Lines 1-7, Chapter 36, line 0-4, Chapter 37, lines 0-1 (Mossman Roueché, 1985)

Fig. 5. Chapter 35, Lines 3-7, Chapter 36, lines 0-4 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 6. Chapter 36, Lines 0-4, Chapter 37, line 1 (Mossman Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 7. Chapter 36, Lines 2-4, Chapter 37, lines 0-4 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)


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