Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.543. Building inscription

Description: Two adjoining fragments of a thick panel (w: 0.93 × h: 0.25 × d: 0.11).

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: Very finely designed and cut; line 1, 0.075, line 2, 0.07.

Date: Julio-Claudian (prosopography, terminology)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Reused in the Walls, South-east stretch, very near 12.313.

Original location: Very probably in the Theatre

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

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[---]ΟΥ ( vac. 1) ἐργεπ̣[ιστατήσαντος ---]
[---]τος καὶ Τ[---]
[------]

Diplomatic

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[---]ΟΥ  ΕΡΓΕ.[............---]
[---]ΤΟΣΚΑΙΤ[---]
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Translation

[---]in charge of the work[---]

Commentary

One of a group of inscriptions, in a distinctive hand, by Aristokles Molossos: 8.113, 8.111, 8.112, 8.108 and 12.543; cf also 8.82

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1989, Walls 159

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