Description:
White marble
statue base shaft with moulded panels on all four sides
(w: 0.35 × h: 0.95 × d: 0.35); square centre cutting on top.
Text:
Inscribed on the face, which is worn and chipped; the text must have begun on a crowning feature
Letters: Modelled on official forms of the second century CE; 0.02, with omicron often smaller; outspaced by one letter from line
11 onwards; dot for stop.
Date: Second century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
City, Water Channel area: reused in the Byzantine house.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum (1988)
Interpretive
[ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος?]
ἐτείμη-
σαν ((stop)) ταῖς
καλλ̣ίσ-
5ταις καὶ
πρ̣επού-
σαις τει-
μαῖς Τ̣ῖ-
τον̣ Αὐρή-
10λιον ((stop)) Μη-
τ[ρ]όδ̣ωρον
ὑιὸν ((stop)) Τ(ίτου) ((stop)) Αὐρ(ηλίου)
Μενίππου
ἀρχιατροῦ
15 τὴν δὲ ἀνά-
στασιν τοῦ
ἀνδρίαν-
το̣ς ἐποιή-
σατο Αἰλί-
20α ((stop)) Λακινιλ-
λα ἡ μητὴρ
τοῦ Μητρο-
( vac. 2)δ̣ώ̣ρ̣ο̣υ ((leaf))
Diplomatic
[...............]
ΕΤΕΙΜΗ
ΣΑΝ • ΤΑΙΣ
ΚΑΛ.ΙΣ
5ΤΑΙΣΚΑΙ
Π.ΕΠΟΥ
ΣΑΙΣΤΕΙ
ΜΑΙΣ.Ι
ΤΟ.ΑΥΡΗ
10ΛΙΟΝ • ΜΗ
Τ[.]Ο.ΩΡΟΝ
ΥΙΟΝ • Τ • ΑΥΡ
ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥ
ΑΡΧΙΑΤΡΟΥ
15ΤΗΝΔΕΑΝΑ
ΣΤΑΣΙΝΤΟΥ
ΑΝΔΡΙΑΝ
Τ.ΣΕΠΟΙΗ
ΣΑΤΟΑΙΛΙ
20Α • ΛΑΚΙΝΙΛ
ΛΑΗΜΗΤΗΡ
ΤΟΥΜΗΤΡΟ
....Υ.
English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
. . . ] honoured with the finest and fitting honours Titus Aurelius Metrodoros, son of Titus Aurelius Menippos the chief doctor.
The erection of the statue was undertaken by Aelia Lacinilla, the mother of Metrodoros.
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition 85.38, SBI 33
Publication: Smith, 2006 H.129 (listed).
