Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.650. Distribution formula from a foundation document

Description: Fragment from the upper edge of a white marble statue base with moulding surviving above (w: 0.27 × h: 0.395 × d: 0.24).

Text: Inscribed on the face below moulding.

Letters: Standard second to third centuries C.E. forms; abbreviation (line 2): ligatured ΠΙ (pi with a vertical line cutting the crossbar); 0.03

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, South (east part): excavations, SE extension, Trench C

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1976)

Interpretive

[προθεσ]μία κ[λήρου]
[μηνὶ?.] ι̣ ( vac. 2) πι ( vac. 2) [---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[......]ΜΙΑΚ[.....]
[....·].    ΠΙ    [---]
[------]

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

[Appointed] day for the dis[tribution ? in month -], 10 (scil. denarii) to 80 people(?)

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 76.51

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1976)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1976)