Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

15.256. Fragment from honours

Description: Greyish marble fragment without edges (w: 0.25 × h: 0.27 × d: 0.08).

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: 0.035; Σ with crossing intersection, Κ with short arms. Horizontal bar above Γ in line 1.

Date: First century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

[------]
[---] ( vac. 3) [---]
[---] Γ(αιο-) ((scroll)) Το [---]
[---]ΙΟΣ ( vac. 1) καὶ̣[---]
[---]ωνος Ι̣[---]
5[---]Ο̣ΣΤΙ̣+[---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[------]
[---]      [---]
[---]Γ ΤΟ[---]
[---]ΙΟΣ  ΚΑ.[---]
[---]ΩΝΟΣ.[---]
5[---].ΣΤ.·[---]
[------]

Translation

No translation possible

Commentary

The bar above the gamma almost certainly indicates that it stands for the Roman praenomen Gaius; Το then probably begins a nomen. Too little survives elsewhere for secure interpretation; we may have several Roman names.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1968 (68.463)

Publication: IAph2007 15.256.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)