Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

15.332. Honours for anonymous

Description: No description; apparently a rectangular statue base , broken above and along the left edge.

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: No description

Date: Second-third centuries CE (terminology)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, East stretch (south part)?: 'on the east side', Sherard

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1716)

Interpretive

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ταμίαν ἀρχινεο-
ποιὸν πατρὸς
[καὶ] πάππου καὶ
[πρ]ογόνων ἀρχι-
5ερέων καὶ στεφα-
[ν]ηφόρων πάσας
[ἀ]ρχὰς καὶ λειτουρ-
[γ]ίας πληρώσαν-
[τ]α πολλὰ κατορ-
10[θ]ώσαντα τῇ πατρί-
δι ἐν συνηγορίαις
[μ]άλιστα θαυμασ-
[θ]έντα ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ
[κα]ὶ χρηστότητι
15[κα]ὶ ἐπιεικείᾳ βίου
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Diplomatic

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ΤΑΜΙΑΝΑΡΧΙΝΕΟ
ΠΟΙΟΝΠΑΤΡΟΣ
[...]ΠΑΠΠΟΥΚΑΙ
[..]ΟΓΟΝΩΝΑΡΧΙ
5ΕΡΕΩΝΚΑΙΣΤΕΦΑ
[.]ΗΦΟΡΩΝΠΑΣΑΣ
[.]ΡΧΑΣΚΑΙΛΕΙΤΟΥΡ
[.]ΙΑΣΠΛΗΡΩΣΑΝ
[.]ΑΠΟΛΛΑΚΑΤΟΡ
10[.]ΩΣΑΝΤΑΤΗΠΑΤΡΙ
ΔΙΕΝΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΙΑΙΣ
[.]ΑΛΙΣΤΑΘΑΥΜΑΣ
[.]ΕΝΤΑΕΠΙΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ
[..]ΙΧΡΗΣΤΟΤΗΤΙ
15[..]ΙΕΠΙΕΙΚΕΙΑΒΙΟΥ
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Translation

[e.g. the city honoured .. ? .. so-and-so] treasurer, chief neopoios, whose father, grandfather and ancestors had been high priests and stephanephoroi; he fulfilled all the magistracies and liturgies and achieved many successes for his city by his advocacy in court cases; he was very much admired for his culture and the decency of his life [...]

Bibliography

Transcription: Sherard, 1716 130

Publication: CIG II.2, 1835 2795 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 366 ; IAph2007 15.332.

Images

Fig. 1. Sherard, fair copy (Harley MS 7509), f.18r, at British Library