Description: Fragments of two white marble
entablature blocks: a: Two white marble fragments, not joining (0.285 and 0.535)
from the left and right ends; b: two joining fragments (together 0.98).
Text:
Inscribed in three lines on the fascia.
Letters: lines 1, 2, 0.028; line 3, 0.025. Iregularly spaced, particularly in line 3.
Date: Second-third century CE (material context, lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Theatre: stage area, from proskeneion frieze
Original location:
Theatre stage
Last recorded location: Findspot, partly restored at south end.
Interpretive
ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ [δῆμος καὶ ἡ γερουσία?] ἀποκαθέστησεν τοὺς δ | ύο ἀνδριάντας Ἀπολλωνίου [τοῦ] Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ
Ὑψικλέους Πα̣[πίου ἀγωνοθέ?]του καὶ γυμνασιαρχοῦ καὶ ε | ὐεργέτου ἐν πᾶσιν ἀπὸ προγόνων τῆς πατρίδος
[τ]ῆ̣ς ἀπ[οκαταστάσεως τῶ]ν ἀνδριάντων γενομένης ὑπὸ Σε̣ | [κ]ο̣ύνδου τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Ἀπελλᾶ τοῦ πρωτολόγου ἄρχοντο̣[ς]
Diplomatic
ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟ[.................]ΑΠΟΚΑΘΕΣΤΗΣΕΝΤΟΥΣΔ | ΥΟΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΤΑΣΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ[...]ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥΤΟΥ
ΥΨΙΚΛΕΟΥΣΠ.[...........]ΤΟΥΚΑΙΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΑΡΧΟΥΚΑΙΕ | ΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥΕΝΠΑΣΙΝΑΠΟΠΡΟΓΟΝΩΝΤΗΣΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ
[.].ΣΑΠ[..............]ΝΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΤΩΝΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΗΣΥΠΟΣ. | [.].ΥΝΔΟΥΤΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥΤΟΥΑΠΕΛΛΑΤΟΥΠΡΩΤΟΛΟΓΟΥΑΡΧΟΝΤ.[.]
English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
The Council and the [People ?and the Gerousia] put back in place the two statues of Apollonios Papias, son of Apollonios the
son of Hypsikles [?contest-president] and gymnasiarch and benefactor of his country in every way, after the tradition of his
ancestors. The restoration of the statues took place when Secundus son of Apollonios the son of Apellas was first archon.
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition a: 70.235 and 70.257; b: 70.241 and 70.245
Publication: Smith, 2006 H.60 (listed)
