Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.302. Building inscription, late Hellenistic(?)

Description: Right end fragment of a white marble architrave block (w: 0.73 × h: 0.48 × d: 0.30). The fasciae have a drafted edge above, below, and at the end of the block; a moulding above has been chipped away for re-use.

Text: Inscribed on the two fasciae; the lettering impinges on the drafting.

Letters: 0.09-0.10.

Date: Early first century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, East stretch (south part): re-used in the stretch east of the Museum

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

[--- ἐ]κ τῶν ἰδίω | [ν ---]
[--- τὴν? ἐπι]μέλειαν | [ποιησαμένου? ---]

Diplomatic

[---.]ΚΤΩΝΙΔΙΩ | [.---]
[---......]ΜΕΛΕΙΑΝ | [...........---]

Apparatus

1-2: Reichel did not see ΙΩ in line one, or Ν in line 2, suggesting that the stone was buried at the right end

Translation

[---] from his/their funds [--- undertook the] supervision(?) [---]

Bibliography

Transcription: Reichel, 1893, R.I.15; Calder, 1934; New York University expedition

Publication: MAMA 8 530 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 365 ; IAph2007 12.302.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1973)

Fig. 2. Reichel, notebook I, 15