Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

8.502. Sundial fragments

Description: Two pieces of a white marble —not certainly both from the same monument. a: two joining fragments without edges (w: 0.21 across cord × h: 0.34 × d: 0.20); b: fragment with lower rim (w: 0.26 across cord × h: 0.52 × d: 0.175).

Text: Inscribed on the cord along the solstice lines

Letters: Good, first to second century; a. 0.035, b. 0.04.

Date: First to second centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Tetrastoon: West portico, in topsoil

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

a
[--- χ]ειμε[ρινή τροπή? ---]
[---ἰσ]η̣με̣[ρινή τροπή?---]
b
[---] θε[ρινή τροπή? ---]

Diplomatic

a
[---.]ΕΙΜΕ[.........---]
[---..].Μ.[.........---]
b
[---]ΘΕ[.........---]

Apparatus

a.2: ---]ι̣με̣[--- IAph2007

Translation

a. Winter. Solstice.

b. Summer.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 73.58

Publication: IAph2007 8.502.

Images

Fig. 1. Fragment a. (M. Roueché, 1977)

Fig. 2. Fragment a. (M. Roueché, 1983)

Fig. 3. Fragment b. (M. Roueché, 1977)