Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

8.235. Honours for Lucius Antonius Ze[---]

Description: White marble base capital (w: 0.705 × h: 0.325 × d: 0.65). Well-preserved; some chipping on the moulding. Two cuttings for feet on the top.

Text: Inscribed on two upper fasciae (lines 1 and 2) and on the face below; the text will have continued on the shaft.

Letters: 0.02

Date: Late first or second century (lettering, nomenclature)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Tetrastoon: West portico, south.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

ψηφισαμένης τῆς κρατίστης
[β]ουλῆς καὶ τοῦ δήμου Λούκιον
Ἀντώνιον Τίτου Φλα-
βίου Πάπου υἱὸν Ζη-
[------]

Diplomatic

ΨΗΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΗΣΤΗΣΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΗΣ
[.]ΟΥΛΗΣΚΑΙΤΟΥΔΗΜΟΥΛΟΥΚΙΟΝ
ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΝΤΙΤΟΥΦΛΑ
ΒΙΟΥΠΑΠΟΥΥΙΟΝΖΗ
[------]

Translation

After the vote of the most powerful Council and the People (they honoured) Lucius Antonius Ze[- ], son of Titus Flavius Papas [ . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 74.48, SBI 24

Publication: Smith, 2006 H.158 (listed); IAph2007 8.235.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1981)