Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

11.76. Official document or funerary text

Description: Right side of a white marble block, chipped along all edges (w: 0.29 × h: 0.14 × d: 0.185).

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: Standard forms; 0.02

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: City, Village: Stray

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

[--- π]α̣ρ̣αχωρηθε̣[---]
[---]ίνας Λητωί̣[δος ---]
[---] ἑξ καλάνδ[ων ---]
[. Σα?]λλουστι[---]

Diplomatic

[---.]..ΑΧΩΡΗΘ.[---]
[---]ΙΝΑΣΛΗΤΩ.[...---]
[---]ΕΞΚΑΛΑΝΔ[..---]
..]ΛΛΟΥΣΤΙ[---]

Apparatus

2: ΙΝΑΣ could be the end of a feminine genitive singular name, e.g. [Παυλε]ίνας.

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

[...] granted [... -]ina Letois [...] from the Kalends [...] ?Sallustius [...]

Commentary

The use of the Latin dating system suggests an official document emanating from Rome.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 66.554

Images

Fig. 1. 15.264, 16.445 (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)