Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.1011. Honours for Zenon son of Menippos

Description: A plain white marble statue base, with hole and pouring channel on top for the attachment of a crowning feature (w: 0.545 × h: 1.27 × d: 0.54).

Text: Inscribed on one face. The stone is complete; the text must have begun on a crowning feature.

Letters: lines 1-3, 0.03; lines 5 ff, 0.025. Diaeretic dots around Α in lines 5, 12, possibly 13; around Ε in lines 5, 9, 11 (twice), 12; the Βs in lines 12, 14 are non-standard and slightly different from each other; line above the figure in line 15.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering, prosopography)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, West Gate: re-used

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1990)

Interpretive

[ἡ πόλις καλλίσταις καὶ πρεπού-]
σ̣αῖς τειμαῖς ἐτείμησεν
Ζήνωνα Μενίππου τοῦ
Ζήνωνος τοῦ Καλλίου
τὸν Μενίππου καὶ Ζήνω-
5νος πατέρα ἀρχιερέα τα-
μίαν νεοποιὸν καὶ τὰς
ἀλλὰς ἅπασας ἀρχάς τε
καὶ λειτουργίας φιλοτεί-
μως ἐπιτελέσαντα τῇ
10 πατρίδι ((stop)) θαυμασθέντα
ἐπί τε σωφροσύνῃ καὶ ἐπι-
εικείᾳ βίου ((stop)) καὶ ἐπὶ εὐνοίᾳ
τῇ πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα
( vac. 1 line)
ἐπιμεληθέντος Ζηνοβίου
15( vac. 4) δ Ἐπαφροδείτου ( vac. 4)

Diplomatic

[.........................-]
.ΑΙΣΤΕΙΜΑΙΣΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΕΝ
ΖΗΝΩΝΑΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥΤΟΥ
ΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΚΑΛΛΙΟΥ
ΤΟΝΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥΚΑΙΖΗΝΩ
5ΝΟΣΠΑΤΕΡΑΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΑΤΑ
ΜΙΑΝΝΕΟΠΟΙΟΝΚΑΙΤΑΣ
ΑΛΛΑΣΑΠΑΣΑΣΑΡΧΑΣΤΕ
ΚΑΙΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣΦΙΛΟΤΕΙ
ΜΩΣΕΠΙΤΕΛΕΣΑΝΤΑΤΗ
10ΠΑΤΡΙΔΙ ΘΑΥΜΑΣΘΕΝΤΑ
ΕΠΙΤΕΣΩΦΡΟΣΥΝΗΚΑΙΕΠΙ
ΕΙΚΕΙΑΒΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΕΠΙΕΥΝΟΙΑ
ΤΗΠΡΟΣΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ
     vacat
ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΟΣΖΗΝΟΒΙΟΥ
15        ΔΕΠΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΥ        

Translation

[The city?] honoured with [the finest and] fitting honours Zenon son of Menippos the son of Zenon the son of Kallias, father of Menippos and Zenon; high priest (scil. of the Imperial cult), treasurer, temple-builder who had also filled all other offices and liturgies for his country zealously. He was admired for his self-restraint and proper behaviour and for his goodwill towards his country. Zenobios, fourth of the name from Epaphroditos oversaw (scil. provision of the monument).

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition Walls 162

Publication: Smith, 2006 H.151 (listed); IAph2007 12.1011.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1990)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1990)