Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.102. Fragment from a letter

Description: Fragment of a statue base

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.07

Date: No description

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, outside the North-east Gate, 'Porte nord, exterieurement', with the fragments of 12.105.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1904)

Interpretive

[------]
[---]Α τὰ δέοντα δι' ἅπερ ἐστὶ Μ[---]
[---]+ ταῖς πόλεσιν οὐ μόνον Ο[---]
[--- ἀλ]λὰ καὶ πολυωφελεῖς Π[---]
[---] τ̣ὸν μεγαλοφυέ[στατον ---]
5[---] πρὸς δὲ τὴ[ν πόλιν ---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[------]
[---]ΑΤΑΔΕΟΝΤΑΔΙΑΠΕΡΕΣΤΙΜ[---]
[---]·ΤΑΙΣΠΟΛΕΣΙΝΟΥΜΟΝΟΝΟ[---]
[---..]ΛΑΚΑΙΠΟΛΥΩΦΕΛΕΙΣΠ[---]
[---].ΟΝΜΕΓΑΛΟΦΥΕ[......---]
5[---]ΠΡΟΣΔΕΤΗ[......---]
[------]

Translation

] [...] the necessary things through which [...] to the cities not only [...] but also very beneficial [...] the Most Eminent [...] and to the [?city ...]

Commentary

The phrasing suggests a letter from a ruler or an official.

Bibliography

Transcription: Gaudin, 1904 93.1

Publication: Reinach, 1906 100 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 370 ; IAph2007 12.102.

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