Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

6.3060. Edict of Maximum Prices: Chapter 60

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 60
[de pretiis mancip]iorum
[mancipium rus]ticum siu[e urbanum uirilis]
[sexus ab annis] seḍẹ[cim ad annos quadraginta ( vac. ) (denariis) tri]ginta mil[ibus]
[mulier aetatis supra scriptae ( vac. ) (denariis) u]iginti quinque m[ilibus]
[item uir ab annis q]uadraginta usque [ad annos] sexaginta ( vac. ) (denariis) uiginti quinque m[ilibus]
[mulier aetatis supr]a scr<i>ptae ( vac. ) (denariis) uiginti mil[ibus]
5[puer ab annis octo us]que ad annos sede[cim et pu]ella aetatis [s(upra) s(criptae) ( vac. ) (denariis) uiginti milibus]
[homo ab an]nis sex̣[agint]ạ superius et ọc̣ṭ[o inferius] ( vac. ) (denariis) qu[indecim milibus]
[mulier aet]atis suprạ [scriptae ( vac. ) (denariis) decem milibus]
[pro mancipio] arte instrụ[cto pro g]enere ẹ[t aetate et qualitate artium inter emptorem]
[<et> uendit]orem de p[reti]o placere conue[niet ita ut duplum pret-]
[ium statut]ụṃ ịṇ ṣị[ngulo]s minime ex̣[cedere <liceat>]

Diplomatic

Edict Chapter 60
[...............]IORUM
[............]TICUMSIU[...............]
[............]SE..[.........................][...]GINTAMIL[....]
[..............................][.]IGINTIQUINQUEM[......]
[...............]UADRAGINTAUSQUE[.......]SEXAGINTA       𐆖 UIGINTIQUINQUEM[......]
[.................]ASCRPTAE       𐆖 UIGINTIMIL[....]
5[.................]QUEADANNOSSEDE[.......]ELLAAETATIS[........][..............]
[........]NISSE.[.....].SUPERIUSET...[.........]       𐆖 QU[..............]
[.........]ATISSUPR.[............][............]
[...........]ARTEINSTR.[.......]ENERE.[.....................................]
[........]OREMDEP[....]OPLACERECONUE[...................-]
[.........]......[.....]SMINIMEE.[............]

Apparatus

60.1: ui]rilis Crawford, 2023

English translation

Translation source: Salway, 2010

[title] On the prices of slaves: [01] Slave, rural or urban, of the masculine sex from sixteen years to forty years: 30,000 d. [02] Woman of the above-written age: 25,000 d. [03] Similarly male from forty years to sixty years: 25,000 d. [04] Woman of the above-written age: 20,000 d. [05] Boy from eight years up to sixteen years and girl of the above-written age: 20,000 d. [06] Man from above sixty years and below eight: 15,000 d. [07] Woman of the above-written age: 10,000 d. [08] For a slave trained in a skill, according to their sex and age, and the quality of their skills, it shall be proper to agree the price between the buyer and seller as long as double the price established for a single one should not in the least be exceeded.

Bibliography

Recorded: Kubitschek, June 1893 III.25; New York University expedition 70.263, 70.362, 70.388, 70.393, 71.487

Publication: CIL 2209, VII (from Kubitschek); Erim and Reynolds, 1970 ; Erim and Reynolds, 1973 ; Reynolds, 1989 231, whence PHI Aphrodisias 77; Salway, 2010 ; Crawford, 2023 Chapter 3

Images

Fig. 1. Chapter 59, Line 3 to Chapter 60, Line 1a (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 2. Chapter 60, Lines 1-6 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 3. Chapter 60, Lines 3-6 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 4. Chapter 60, Lines 3-6 (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 5. Chapter 60, 6-8b (Kubitschek notebook III, 25)

Fig. 6. Chapter 60, Lines 8-8b (Mossman Roueché, 1972)

Fig. 7. Chapter 60, Lines 2-8b, fragments (Mossman Roueché, 1985)


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