Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

15.214. Honours for Papias(?)

Description: Upper right corner of a white marble panel (w: 0.36 × h: 0.295 × d: 0.21).

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: Rho with a tail; 0.022

Date: Second or first century BCE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[------]
[--- Πα?]πίαν
[ἄνδρα καλὸν? κα]ὶ ἀγαθὸν
[c. 12] πρὸς τὴν
[πατρίδα? γεγον]ότα
5 [c. 12]ΦΙΛΟΥ
[c. 12] Α̣ΤΑ̣
[------]

Diplomatic

[------]
[---..]ΠΙΑΝ
[............]ΙΑΓΑΘΟΝ
[············]ΠΡΟΣΤΗΝ
[............]ΟΤΑ
5[············]ΦΙΛΟΥ
[············].Τ.
[------]

Translation

. . . Pa]pias [ . . a man noble and] good . . . ] towards the [ ?fatherland, having been] . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 73.153

Publication: IAph2007 15.214.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1973)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)