Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.519. Honours for Myon Menandros

Description: No description; probably a statue base

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: No description

Date: First to second centuries CE (nomenclature, prosopography)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, South-east stretch: 'in the southeastern stretch' (Sherard). 'In the east wall' (Fellows

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1850)

Interpretive

( vac. 2) ὁ δῆμος ( vac. 2)
Μύωνα Ἀγελάου
φύσει δὲ Εὐσέβους
( vac. ) Μένανδρον ( vac. 2)

Diplomatic

    ΟΔΗΜΟΣ    
ΜΥΩΝΑΑΓΕΛΑΟΥ
ΦΥΣΕΙΔΕΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ
      ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΝ    

Apparatus

1: ΟΔΑΥΙΟΣ Fellows, 1840; ὁ δῆμος Fellows, 1841
2: ΑΓΕΛΛΟΥ Waddington, 1850; Ἀγελάου Le Bas and Waddington, 1870

English translation

Translation source: IAph2007

The People honoured Myon Menandros, (adoptive) son of Agelaos, by birth son of Eusebes.

English translation

Translation source: Fellows, 1841

The People [honoured] Myo Menander, the son of Agelaus, but by birth son of Eusebes.

Bibliography

Transcription: Sherard, 1716 120; Fellows, 1840; Bailie, 1842; Waddington, 1850

Publication: CIG II.2, 1835 2772 ; Fellows, 1841 34 ; Bailie, 1846 60 ; Le Bas and Waddington, 1870 1613 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 308 , Smith, 2006 H.131 (listed); IAph2007 12.519.

Images

Fig. 1. Sherard, fair copy (Harley MS 7509), f.18v, at British Library