Description: Plain white marble
statue base shaft (w: 0.53 × h: 1.09 × d: 0.50), broken at the upper corners and upper right side.
Text:
Inscribed on the face. The upper edge, although chipped, is complete; the text must have begun on an upper feature.
Letters: Lines 1-10, 0.03; lines 11 ff., 0.025; Circular stop; full-stop to mark abbreviation.
Date: Third century CE (lettering, nomenclature, content)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Walls, West stretch: fallen from the stretch south of the West gate,
'Remparts grenadier, intérieurement' (Gaudin); near
12.925 and 12.929, 12.924.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot (1994)
Interpretive
[ἡ πόλις(?)]
[Α]ὐρ(ήλιον) ( vac. 1) Γάϊον [ἑκα-]
τόνταρχον φρ̣[ου-]
μεντάριον ((stop)) ἁ-
γνῶς καὶ ἀνδρεί-
5ως ἀναστραφέν-
τα ἐν τῷ τῆς Ἀσί-
ας ἔθνει ((stop)) εὐνοί-
ας καὶ στοργῆς ἕ-
νεκεν τῆς εἰς αὑ-
10τὴν ἠμείψατο
( vac. 1 line)
ἐπεμελήσατο τῆς
ἀναστάσεως τοῦ
ἀνδριάντος ὁ ἀξι-
ολογώτατος ((stop)) Ἀντ(ώνιος)
15 ((scroll)) Νεικόμαχος ((scroll)).
Diplomatic
[......]
[.]ΥΡ • ΓΑΙΟΝ[...-]
ΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΝΦ.[..-]
ΜΕΝΤΑΡΙΟΝ • Α
ΓΝΩΣΚΑΙΑΝΔΡΕΙ
5ΩΣΑΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΕΝ
ΤΑΕΝΤΩΤΗΣΑΣΙ
ΑΣΕΘΝΕΙ • ΕΥΝΟΙ
ΑΣΚΑΙΣΤΟΡΓΗΣΕ
ΝΕΚΕΝΤΗΣΕΙΣΑΥ
10ΤΗΝΗΜΕΙΨΑΤΟ
vacat
ΕΠΕΜΕΛΗΣΑΤΟΤΗΣ
ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΣΤΟΥ
ΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΤΟΣΟΑΞΙ
ΟΛΟΓΩΤΑΤΟΣ • ΑΝΤ •
15 ΝΕΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΣ
Translation
[?The city (scil. has honoured)] Aur(elius) Gaius, centurio frumentarius, who has conducted himself decently and bravely in the province of
Asia, for his goodwill and affection towards her. The most worthy Ant(onius) Neikomachos oversaw the erection of the statue.
Bibliography
Transcription: Gaudin, 1904 39; Calder, 1934; New York University expedition
Publication: Reinach, 1906 78 , whence ILS 9474; MAMA 8 508 ; Roueché, 1981, 7 , whence SEG 31.905, , Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1982.357 , AE 1981.771, McCabe, PHI, 1996 256 , Smith, 2006 H.46 (listed); IAph2007 12.931.
