Description: No description: presumably a rectangular statue base.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters: No measurements
Date: Second to third centuries CE (nomenclature)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Walls, North stretch: 'muro externo N. E. amphitheatri, on a buttress' (Sherard); 'prope theatri muros ubi angulos efficetur ad
septentrionalem' (Picenini).
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot (1705)
Interpretive
κατὰ τὰ δόξαντα καὶ
διὰ ψηφίσματος Αἴλ(ιον) Α
Αὐρ(ήλιον) Ἀμμιανὸν Παπί-
αν υἱὸν Μ. Αἴλ(ιον) Αὐρ(ήλιον) Ἀμ-
5μιανοῦ τοῦ Παπίου
τοῦ Παπίου τοῦ Μαρί-
ωνος τοῦ Δημητρί-
ου τοῦ Ἀντιόχου Γλύ-
κωνος ἄνδρα ἀπὸ
10 προγόνων φιλότει-
μον περὶ τὴν πατρί-
δα νομικὸν ἄρισ-
τον ἐκτελέσαντα
τὰς πρώτας ἀρχὰς
15 καὶ λειτουργίας πρὸ
ἡλικίας ἐν αἷς καὶ
τὴν ἀργυροταμείαν
τοῦ δήμου ( vac. 1) ζήσαν-
τα κοσμίως καὶ αἰ-
20δημόνως πρὸς ὑ-
πόδειγμα ἀρετῆς
ἐπαινεθέντα ἐπὶ
ἤθους πρᾳότητι καὶ
ἐπιεικείᾳ βίου
25 ( vac. )
προνοησαμένου
τῆς ἀναστάσεως
Αἰλ(ίου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Παπίου Τα-
τιανοῦ τοῦ ἀδελ-
30φοῦ αὐτοῦ ((leaf))
Diplomatic
ΚΑΤΑΤΑΔΟΞΑΝΤΑΚΑΙ
ΔΙΑΨΗΦΙΣΜΑΤΟΣΑΙΛΑ
ΑΥΡΑΜΜΙΑΝΟΝΠΑΠΙ
ΑΝΥΙΟΝΜΑΙΛΑΥΡΑΜ
5ΜΙΑΝΟΥΤΟΥΠΑΠΙΟΥ
ΤΟΥΠΑΠΙΟΥΤΟΥΜΑΡΙ
ΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΔΗΜΗΤΡΙ
ΟΥΤΟΥΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥΓΛΥ
ΚΩΝΟΣΑΝΔΡΑΑΠΟ
10ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩΝΦΙΛΟΤΕΙ
ΜΟΝΠΕΡΙΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙ
ΔΑΝΟΜΙΚΟΝΑΡΙΣ
ΤΟΝΕΚΤΕΛΕΣΑΝΤΑ
ΤΑΣΠΡΩΤΑΣΑΡΧΑΣ
15ΚΑΙΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣΠΡΟ
ΗΛΙΚΙΑΣΕΝΑΙΣΚΑΙ
ΤΗΝΑΡΓΥΡΟΤΑΜΕΙΑΝ
ΤΟΥΔΗΜΟΥ ΖΗΣΑΝ
ΤΑΚΟΣΜΙΩΣΚΑΙΑΙ
20ΔΗΜΟΝΩΣΠΡΟΣΥ
ΠΟΔΕΙΓΜΑΑΡΕΤΗΣ
ΕΠΑΙΝΕΘΕΝΤΑΕΠΙ
ΗΘΟΥΣΠΡΑΟΤΗΤΙΚΑΙ
ΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑΒΙΟΥ
25
ΠΡΟΝΟΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ
ΤΗΣΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΣ
ΑΙΛΑΥΡΠΑΠΙΟΥΤΑ
ΤΙΑΝΟΥΤΟΥΑΔΕΛ
30ΦΟΥΑΥΤΟΥ ❦
Apparatus
4: ΜΑΡ.ΑΥΡ.ΑΜ second Sherard copy only.
English translation
Translation source: IAph2007
According to the resolutions made and by a decree (the Council and the People honoured) Ael(ius) Aur(elius) Ammianos Papias,
son of M(arcus) Ael(ius) Aur(elius) Ammianos son of Papias son of Papias Maron son of Demetrios son of Antiochos, a man zealous
in the affairs of his fatherland in the tradition of his forefathers, an outstanding lawyer, who carried out the foremost
offices and liturgies before his age, among which even the task of Treasurer of the people. He lived with integrity and modesty
as a model of excellence. He was praised for the gentleness of his character and the moderation of his life.
The erection (of the statue) was seen to by Ael(ius) Aur(elius) Papias Tatianos, his brother.
English translation
Translation source: Smith, 2006
According to the resolutions made and by a decree (scil. the Council and the People honoured) Aelius Aurelius Ammianus Papias, son of M. Aelius Aurelius Ammianus Glykon, son of Papias,
son of Papias Marion, son of Demetrios, son of Antiochos, a man zealous (philiteimos) in the affairs of his fatherland in the tradition of his forefathers, an outstanding lawyer, who carried out the foremost
offices and liturgies before his age - among which he was also treasurer of the people. He lived with integrity and modestly,
as a model of excellence. He was praised for the gentleness (praotes) of his character and the moderation (epieikeia) of his life. The erection (scil. of the statue) was seen to by Aelius Aurelius Papias Tatianus, his brother.
Bibliography
Transcription: Picenini, 1705 17v and, from Tisser, 71v, Sherard, 1705 10 and 27.
Publication: CIG II.2, 1835 2787 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 226 , Smith, 2006 H.56 (listed) and p.23; IAph2007 12.21.