Description:
White marble
statue base without moulding (w: 0.92 × h: 0.545 × depth not measurable);
the block is broken across the lower face and the surface is badly weathered.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters: 0.0225.
Date: Mid-first century CE (but the lettering looks later) (prosopography)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: reused, upside down, in the Walls,
South (west part), near 12.801
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot (1973)
Interpretive
ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμη-
σαν ταῖς καλλίσταις καὶ με-
γίσταις τειμ[αῖ]ς καὶ μετηλ-
λακχότ̣[α] Ἀ̣ρισ[τοκ]λέα Ἀρισ-
5τοκλέο[υς τ]οῦ̣ Ἀ̣ρ̣τ̣εμιδώ-
ρου Μολο̣[σσ]ὸν ἱπ̣π̣ικόν
νεανίαν γενόμενον γέ-
νους τοῦ πρώτου καὶ συν-
εκτικότος τὴν πατρίδα
10καὶ ἐν γυμνασ̣ιαρχίαις καὶ
στεφανηφορίαις γεγονό-
τος ((stop)) τὴν [τειμὴν ἀνα]τ̣ε-
θ̣ε̣ι̣κ̣υ̣ία[ς Ἀμ]μ̣ί̣ας τῆς
[Ἀριστοκλέους] τοῦ Ἀρτεμι-
15[δ]ώ̣ρ̣ο[υ γυναικός] τῆς μη-
[τ]ρὸς αὐτοῦ ((leaf))
Diplomatic
ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΤΕΙΜΗ
ΣΑΝΤΑΙΣΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΑΙΣΚΑΙΜΕ
ΓΙΣΤΑΙΣΤΕΙΜ[..]ΣΚΑΙΜΕΤΗΛ
ΛΑΚΧΟ.[.].ΡΙΣ[...]ΛΕΑΑΡΙΣ
5ΤΟΚΛΕΟ[...]Ο....ΕΜΙΔΩ
ΡΟΥΜΟΛ.[..]ΟΝΙ..ΙΚΟΝ
ΝΕΑΝΙΑΝΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΟΝΓΕ
ΝΟΥΣΤΟΥΠΡΩΤΟΥΚΑΙΣΥΝ
ΕΚΤΙΚΟΤΟΣΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ
10ΚΑΙΕΝΓΥΜΝΑ.ΙΑΡΧΙΑΙΣΚΑΙ
ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΙΑΙΣΓΕΓΟΝΟ
ΤΟΣ • ΤΗΝ[.........].Ε
.....ΙΑ[...]..ΑΣΤΗΣ
[............]ΤΟΥΑΡΤΕΜΙ
15[.]..Ο[.........]ΤΗΣΜΗ
[.]ΡΟΣΑΥΤΟΥ ❦
Apparatus
2: τειμ[αῖ]ς Radet, 1887; τειμ̣[αῖ]ς καὶ MAMA 8
12-13: Radet apparently conflated these two lines
Translation
The council and the people honoured Aristokles Molossos, horseman, son of Aristokles the son of Artemidoros, also after his
death, a young man of the foremost family and one which had shared in the foundation of his city, and participated in tenures
of the gymnasiarchy and stephanephoria. Ammia, wife of Aristokles son of Artemidoros, his mother, set up the honour.
Bibliography
Transcription: Radet, 1887; Calder, 1934; New York University expedition in 1973. On each occasion the stone had become more damaged.
Publication: Radet, 1890 11 ; MAMA 8 468 whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 239 , Smith, 2006 H.63 (listed); IAph2007 12.706.
