Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.702. Building inscription by Hermolaos

Description: White marble masonry block, with moulding below (w: 0.40 × h: 0.16 × d: 0.20).

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.02-0.025

Date: First century BCE - first century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, South (west part)

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1934)

Interpretive

Ἑρμόλαος πορφυ-
ρᾶς τὸ στεγνὸν
( vac. 3) ἐποίει ( vac. 4)

Diplomatic

ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΣΠΟΡΦΥ
ΡΑΣΤΟΣΤΕΓΝΟΝ
      ΕΠΟΙΕΙ        

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

Hermolaos, purple-dyer, built the shelter

French translation

Translation source: Robert, Hellenica XIII

Hermolaos, teinturier en pourpre, a fait construire le couverture

Bibliography

Transcription: Kubitschek, June 1893 K.V.7, Abklatsch 9; Calder, 1934

Publication: Kubitschek and Reichel, 1893 6 , on which Robert, 1944 53, Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1943.68 ; MAMA 8 562, with photograph, whence Robert, Hellenica XIII 193 n.2, Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1966.407 , McCabe, PHI, 1996 487; IAph2007 12.702.

Images

Fig. 1. Kubitschek notebook V, 7