Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.609. Posthumous honours for Apphia daughter of Theodoros

Description: White marble block (w: 0.54 × h: 0.78 × d: 0.49) broken below.

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: Irregular, non-standard forms, 0.025-0.275.

Date: First century CE

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, South (east part): southern stretch '50m avant le turbé', so probably about 40m east of 12.505

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1934)

Interpretive

ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτεί-
μησεν ταῖϲ μεγίϲταιϲ καὶ
καλλίϲταις τειμαῖϲ ((star)) Ἀπ-
φίαν Θεοδώρου τοῦ Ἀττί-
5νου Μελίτωνος ἀρχιέρει-
αν διὰ βίου θ<ε>ῶν Ϲεβαστῶν ((star))
καὶ ἱέρειαν Ἀρτέμιδος γυναῖ-
κα δὲ Ἀπολλωνίου τ̣[οῦ Ἀθη-]
ν̣αγόρου τοῦ Ε̣ὐ̣[μάχου ---]
10[σεμν?]ὴ̣ν κα̣[ὶ ---]
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Diplomatic

ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΤΕΙ
ΜΗΣΕΝΤΑΙϹΜΕΓΙϹΤΑΙϹΚΑΙ
ΚΑΛΛΙϹΤΑΙΣΤΕΙΜΑΙϹ * ΑΠ
ΦΙΑΝΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΥΤΟΥΑΤΤΙ
5ΝΟΥΜΕΛΙΤΩΝΟΣΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙ
ΑΝΔΙΑΒΙΟΥΘΩΝϹΕΒΑΣΤΩΝ *
ΚΑΙΙΕΡΕΙΑΝΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΣΓΥΝΑΙ
ΚΑΔΕΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ.[.....-]
.ΑΓΟΡΟΥΤΟΥ..[.....---]
10[....].ΝΚ.[.---]
[------]

Apparatus

9: αγόρου τοῦ Σ . . . Hirschfeld, 1874
10: . . . ΗΝΑ . . . Hirschfeld, 1874; . . .] τ̣ὴ̣ν κα̣[ὶ . . . MAMA 8, IAph2007

Translation

The Council and the People honoured with the highest and finest honours Apphia daughter of Theodoros Meliton the son of Meliton, high priestess for life of the divine Augusti and priestess of Artemis, wife of Apollonios son of Athenagoras the son of Eumachos, who also(?) [------]

Bibliography

Transcription: Hirschfeld, 1874; Kubitschek, June 1893 K.III.62, Abklatsch 52; Gaudin, 1904 137; Calder, 1934

Publication: Reinach, 1906 from Gaudin and Kubitschek 38 ; MAMA 8 478 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 237 , Smith, 2006 H.228 (listed); Reynolds, 1999 C.2 (mention) ; IAph2007 12.609.

Images

Fig. 1. Kubitschek notebook III, 62

Fig. 2. Main text (Gaudin squeeze, 1904)

Fig. 3. Left edge (Gaudin squeeze, 1904)