IAph: 6.3058. Edict of Maximum Prices: Chapters 58-59

Description: White marble panels

Text: Inscribed on the face of the panels. Bay V, Lower Register, Left

Letters: Measurements?

Date: 301 CE (internal date)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Basilica area

Original location: Basilica north façade, Bay V

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

Edict Chapter 58

[de auro] ( vac. )
[au]ri obryza[e in regulis siue in solidis ( vac. ) p^o(ndus) un]um ( vac. ) (denariis) septuaginta duob[us mil]i[bus]
auri neti ( vac. ) [p^o(ndus) un]um ( vac. ) (denariis) septuaginta duob[us milibu]s
artificibus bratteas facientib[us ( vac. ) in p^o(ndus) un]um ( vac. ) (denariis) quinque milia
auri caesori ( vac. ) [in p^o(ndus) unum ( vac. ) (denariis) t]ria milia
5auri ductoribus in lammina ( vac. ) [in p^o(ndus) unum ( vac. ) (denariis) ducen]tos quinqua-
( vac. 40)ginta
[auri] nectricibus ( vac. ) [in p^o(ndus) unum ( vac. ) (denariis) duo milia qu]ingentos
[aurifici i]n uncia in operae sinplici ( vac. ) [(denariis) quinquagi]nta
[eidem in op]eri subtili ( vac. ) [(denariis) octoginta]

Edict Chapter 59

[de argento hoc es]t pussu[la ( vac. ) p^o(ndus) unum ( vac. ) (denariis) sex milibus]
[---]
[in operis secondi] ( vac. ) [in p^o(ndus) unum ( vac. ) (denariis) centum quinquaginta]
[in operis commu]nis ( vac. ) [in p^o(ndus) unum ( vac. ) (denariis) septuaginta quinque]

Diplomatic

Edict Chapter 58

[......]
[..]RIOBRYZA[...............................]UM       𐆖 SEPTUAGINTADUOB[.....]I[...]
AURINETI      [.....]UM       𐆖 SEPTUAGINTADUOB[........]S
ARTIFICIBUSBRATTEASFACIENTIB[............]UM       𐆖 QUINQUEMILIA
AURICAESORI      [.............][.]RIAMILIA
5AURIDUCTORIBUSINLAMMINA      [.............][.....]TOSQUINQUA
                                                                                GINTA
[....]NECTRICIBUS      [.............][..........]INGENTOS
[.........]NUNCIAINOPERAESINPLICI      [..........]NTA
[.........]ERISUBTILI      [..........]

Edict Chapter 59

[..............]TPUSSU[................][..........]
[---]
[...............] [.............][..................]
[.............]NIS [.............][..................]

Apparatus

59.3-4: MHC 2023, p. 100, supplements from Aezani ‘in pondum unum’. But need we be bound by this rather than supplementing according to normal Aphrodisian usage elsewhere?