Description: Fragment of a white marble statue base shaft (at least w: 0.54 × d: 0.44) with left edge surviving
Text:
Inscribed on the face, which is partly concealed; complete on the right side
Letters: 0.025-0.03
Date: Second to third centuries CE
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Walls, North stretch built into the wall,
c. 17 m. east of the central tower (tower 3: N 1194.0, E 5130)
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot (2004)
Interpretive
[( vac. ) ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δ]ῆ̣μος ( vac. )
[ἐτείμησαν τῷ στεφάνῳ?]Λ̣ καὶ τῷ ἀνδρι-
[άντι τῆς παιδείας Ε]ὔ̣νοστον Ἀπολ-
[λωνίου τοῦ c. 8] τοῦ Εὐνόστου
5[ἄνδρα γενόμενον κα]λὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν
[γένους λαμπροῦ καὶ] ἐνδόξου, ζή[σ-]
[αντα καλῶς καὶ κοσ]μίως καὶ σω-
[φρόνως καὶ εὐτάκτως? καὶ ἐν]αρέτως
[c. 13 μετὰ π]άσης με̣-
10[γαλοψυχίας? c. 8]Ι παιδευ-
[( vac. )??σαντα? τοὺς] νέους ( vac. 2)
[------]Σ ((leaf))
Diplomatic
[..............].ΜΟΣ
[..................].ΚΑΙΤΩΑΝΔΡΙ
[................].ΝΟΣΤΟΝΑΠΟΛ
[.........········]ΤΟΥΕΥΝΟΣΤΟΥ
5[................]ΛΟΝΚΑΙΑΓΑΘΟΝ
[................]ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥΖΗ[.-]
[...............]ΜΙΩΣΚΑΙΣΩ
[......................]ΑΡΕΤΩΣ
[·············.....]ΑΣΗΣΜ.
10[..........········]ΙΠΑΙΔΕΥ
[.............]ΝΕΟΥΣ
[------]Σ ❦
Apparatus
Cormack published a version from Kubitschek's notebook; Chaniotis was able to examine the stone.
1: Ι̣ΜΟΣ Kubitschek, June 1893; δῆ]μος Cormack, 1964, IAph2007; ῆ̣μος Chaniotis, 2016a
2: Λ̣ΚΑΙΤΩΑΝΔΡΙ Kubitschek, June 1893
3: -[αντι . . . Cormack, 1964, IAph2007; -[αντι τῆς παιδείας Robert, 1966, Chaniotis, 2016a || . . . Ε]ὔ Cormack, 1964, IAph2007; . . . Ε]ὔ Kubitschek, June 1893, IAph2007
6: [γένους πρώτου Cormack, 1964, IAph2007; [γένους λαμπροῦ Chaniotis, 2016a
7: From line 7 Kubitschek indicated a space at the end of the lines, which he then corrected with an annotation, which Cormack
did not recognise; Chaniotis confirmed that there is no such space
6-7: ζή[σαντα]/[αἰδημόνως καὶ] Cormack, 1964, IAph2007
7/8: σω[φρόνως]/[... καὶ ἐν]αρέτως Cormack, 1964, IAph2007
9: At end: Μ[. . Cormack, 1964, IAph2007; Apparently ΜΕ in ligature Kubitschek, June 1893; μ[ε/γαλοψυχιας?] Chaniotis, 2016a
10: παιδευ[θέντα Cormack, 1964, IAph2007; ?παιδεύσ[εως ? [εὐ]παιδευ[σίας ἕνεκα Robert, 1966; ι παιδευ/[σαντα] Chaniotis, 2016a
11: ]ΟΥΣ Kubitschek, June 1893; ΝΕΟΥΣ Chaniotis, 2016a
12: Omitted by Cormack, IAph; Kubitschek only recorded the leaf
English translation
Translation source: Chaniotis, 2016a
[The council and] the people honored [with the crown/the painted image?] and the statue [of erudition] Eunostos the son of
Apollonios son of . . . son of Eunostos, who became a good and virtuous man, a member of an illustrious and famous family,
who lived [a good and] modest and prudent [and disciplined] and virtuous life, . . . with all . . ., who educated the young
men . . .
Bibliography
Transcription: Kubitschek, June 1893, K.III.15; New York University expedition, 2004
Publication: Cormack, 1964 8 , whence Robert, 1966 398-399 (lines 2, 10) Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1967.549, McCabe, PHI, 1996 477 , Smith, 2006 H.100 (listed); IAph2007 12.20; Chaniotis, 2015 115-116, Chaniotis, 2016a 2, whence SEG 65.947
