Description:
White marble
statue base shaft (w: 0.53 × h: 1.13 × d: 0.53) broken above and chipped at all edges, especially badly on the lower half
of the right side.
Text:
Inscribed on the exposed face, which is badly eroded in the lower part.
Letters: Third century CE; lines 1-10, 12-17, av. 0.025; 1. 11, 0.018. The small letters of line 11 suggest an afterthought fitted
into a space originally left blank (so Paton).
Date: Late second or third century CE (lettering)
Findspot:
Karaçasu: re-used in a fountain.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum
Interpretive
τ̣ὸν̣ [c. 5]τ̣ατον δ[ῆμον]
σύμ̣μ̣α̣χον Ῥωμαίων
τῆς λαμπροτάτης φ[ι-]
λοσεβάστου ἐλευθ[έ-]
5ρας καὶ αὐτονόμου κ̣[α-]
τὰ τὰ δόγματα τῆς ἱ[ε-]
ρωτάτης συνκλήτ[ου]
καὶ τὰ ὅρκια καὶ τὰς θε[ί-]
ας ἀντιγραφὰς Ἀφροδ[ι-]
10( vac. )σιέων πόλεως ( vac. 1)
( vac. 5) ἀσύλου ( vac. 5)
( vac. 2) καθιέρωσεν ( vac. 2)
Μᾶ̣ρ(κος) [Αὐ]ρ̣(ήλιος) Ἑρμῆς ΠΑ̣[---]
ΣΟΜ[..] ἀναθεὶς [(δηνάρια) ὀκ-]
15τὼ μ̣[υρί]ο̣υ̣ς εἰς αἰω[νίους]
κλήρ̣ους τῇ κρα[τίστῃ]
( vac. 6) βουλῇ ( vac. 5)
Diplomatic
.Ο.[·····].ΑΤΟΝΔ[....]
ΣΥ...ΧΟΝΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ
ΤΗΣΛΑΜΠΡΟΤΑΤΗΣΦ[.-]
ΛΟΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥΕΛΕΥΘ[.-]
5ΡΑΣΚΑΙΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ.[.-]
ΤΑΤΑΔΟΓΜΑΤΑΤΗΣΙ[.-]
ΡΩΤΑΤΗΣΣΥΝΚΛΗΤ[..]
ΚΑΙΤΑΟΡΚΙΑΚΑΙΤΑΣΘΕ[.-]
ΑΣΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΑΣΑΦΡΟΔ[.-]
10 ΣΙΕΩΝΠΟΛΕΩΣ
ΑΣΥΛΟΥ
ΚΑΘΙΕΡΩΣΕΝ
Μ.Ρ[..].ΕΡΜΗΣΠ.[---]
ΣΟΜ[··]ΑΝΑΘΕΙΣ[...-]
15ΤΩ.[...]..ΣΕΙΣΑΙΩ[.....]
ΚΛΗ.ΟΥΣΤΗΚΡΑ[.....]
ΒΟΥΛΗ
Apparatus
1: [..]Λ̣Ι̣ΟΝΑ Paton, 1898; τὸν [---] δ[ῆμον] Paton, 1900
2: συμαχον Paton, 1898, Paton, 1900
4: ΕΛΕΥΘ Paton, 1898; ἐλευθε- Paton, 1900
7: συνκλήτου Paton, 1898, Paton, 1900
10: [κ]αθιέωσεν Paton, 1898, Paton, 1900
13: ΜΑΙ ΡΕΡΜΗΣΠΑ- Paton, 1898; Omitted Paton, 1900; Μαρ. Αὐρ. Ἑρμῆς Παπ̣ [---] Robert, 1930
14: ΣOI ΖΛΝΛΘΕΙΣ Paton, 1898; ἀναθείς Paton, 1900
15: ΤΟΙ ΛΣΕΙΣ ΑΙΩΝΙ Paton, 1898; τὸ [c. 4] ας εἰς αἰωνί Paton, 1900
16: Λ̣ΟΥΣ ΤΗΚΡΑΤΣΤ Paton, 1898; [ους χρόν]ους τῇ κρατισ- Paton, 1900; [ους κλήρ]ους Robert, 1930
17: ΒΟΥΛΗ Paton, 1898; [τῇ] βουλῇ Paton, 1900
English translation
Translation source: Reynolds, 1982
(?Statue of) the most [?distinguished] Demos, ally of the Romans, of the glorious city of the Aphrodisians, devoted to the
emperor, free and autonomous according to the decrees of the most holy Senate and the treaty and the divine (imperial) responses,
with asylia.
M. Aurelius Hermes P[-.. ? ..] who dedicated [?80,000 denarii] for perpetual distributions to the most mighty Council.
Bibliography
Transcription: Paton, 1898 New York University expedition in 1976
Publication: Paton, 1900 6 , whence Robert, 1930 27 , Robert, 1966 410; Reynolds, 1982 43 whence SEG 32.1097 , BE 1983.390 , McCabe, PHI, 1996 214 ; IAph2007 14.12.
