Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.204. Honorific decree

Description: White marble block, with recessed edges. Chipped on the edges. No measurements.

Text: Inscribed on the face, apparently the lower section of the first column of a text written out in two columns.

Letters: First to third centuries, standard forms; no measurements

Date: First to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray, found in a builder's yard near the site.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1994)

Interpretive

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διὰ τὸ πολ[λοῖς τε] καὶ ἄλλοις ἐργοῖς προτε̣τ̣ε̣ι̣μήκενα̣ι̣ τ̣ὴ̣ν πόλι̣ν κ̣α̣ὶ ἄ̣λ̣λ̣ω̣ς̣ ἐ̣π̣α̣ν̣ορ̣-
θῶν ἄρχετ[αι τῇ?] πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα στοργῇ, μηνῶν ἤδη διεληλυθότων ἕξ, κ̣α̣[ὶ]
οὐκ ἀγαπή[σας τ]ὸ τοῦ χρόνου τείμιον οὐδὲ τὸ τῶν στεφάνων καὶ τῃς πορφύρας
ἀρίσημον, λαμπρὰν πορφυραφορίαν καὶ χρυσοφορίαν ἠρίθμησε τὴν τῆς πατρίδος εὐνοία[ν]
5ἐν τρισὶ μησὶν τελέσας τὴν ὑπ’ἄλλων ἐν ἐνιαυτῷ μεριμνωμένην ἀρχιερωσύνην καὶ τὴ[ν]
πρὸ τοῦ Διὸς στοὰν, ἀτελῆ τυνχάνουσαν καὶ τὸ σῶμα τῆς πόλεως ὑβρίζουσαν,
ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων μετὰ πολλῶν ἀναλωμάτων κατασκεύασας, ἐνέδειξε διότι τὸ τ̣[ῆς]
π[α]τρίδος αὐ̣τὸ ποιεῖ κάλλος οὐ διὰ τὰς ἰδίας τῆς τειμῆς ἐπιγραφὰς, τὰς μεν γὰρ ὑπὲρ τῶν
κοινῶν ἐκδικίας χρημάτων καὶ κτημάτων πιστότερον τῶν ἐνχειρισθέντων ἐβάστασε
10καὶ τοὺς πολλάκις ἐπευωνισμοὺς εἰς τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων σωτηρίαν καὶ δαψιλείαν
ὑπ’αὐτοῦ γεγονότας ἀριθμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ, καὶ τὰς κατὰ πόλιν ἀρχὰς κράτιστα καὶ με-
γαλοφρονέστατα δίς τε, ἐπιτελεσάμενος, καὶ ἐκόσμησεν καὶ ἠύξησε τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸ
γεινόμενον ὑπ’αὐτοῦ Σεβαστεῖον Ἡρακλεῖον, ἐντεμενιζόμενον λευκολίθῳ να[ῷ]
καὶ περιστύλῳ ποικίλῳ καὶ κόσμος τῆς πόλεως ἐστιν καὶ ἀπόδειξις τῆς τ’ἀνδρὸς
15πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα φιλοτειμίας ὅτι μ̣η̣δὲ Π̣Η̣Ρ̣Ο̣ΝΤ̣Ε̣Σ ἄνθρωποι ὅπως τὴν πατρίδα φιλεῖν
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Diplomatic

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ΔΙΑΤΟΠΟΛ[......]ΚΑΙΑΛΛΟΙΣΕΡΓΟΙΣΠΡΟΤ....ΜΗΚΕΝ....ΝΠΟΛ.Ν..Ι.........Ο.
ΘΩΝΑΡΧΕΤ[....]ΠΡΟΣΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙΔΑΣΤΟΡΓΗΜΗΝΩΝΗΔΗΔΙΕΛΗΛΥΘΟΤΩΝΕΞ..[.]
ΟΥΚΑΓΑΠΗ[....]ΟΤΟΥΧΡΟΝΟΥΤΕΙΜΙΟΝΟΥΔΕΤΟΤΩΝΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΝΚΑΙΤΗΣΠΟΡΦΥΡΑΣ
ΑΡΙΣΗΜΟΝΛΑΜΠΡΑΝΠΟΡΦΥΡΑΦΟΡΙΑΝΚΑΙΧΡΥΣΟΦΟΡΙΑΝΗΡΙΘΜΗΣΕΤΗΝΤΗΣΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣΕΥΝΟΙΑ[.]
5ΕΝΤΡΙΣΙΜΗΣΙΝΤΕΛΕΣΑΣΤΗΝΥΠΑΛΛΩΝΕΝΕΝΙΑΥΤΩΜΕΡΙΜΝΩΜΕΝΗΝΑΡΧΙΕΡΩΣΥΝΗΝΚΑΙΤΗ[.]
ΠΡΟΤΟΥΔΙΟΣΣΤΟΑΝΑΤΕΛΗΤΥΝΧΑΝΟΥΣΑΝΚΑΙΤΟΣΩΜΑΤΗΣΠΟΛΕΩΣΥΒΡΙΖΟΥΣΑΝ
ΕΚΤΩΝΙΔΙΩΝΜΕΤΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΑΝΑΛΩΜΑΤΩΝΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΣΕΝΕΔΕΙΞΕΔΙΟΤΙΤΟ.[..]
Π[.]ΤΡΙΔΟΣΑ.ΤΟΠΟΙΕΙΚΑΛΛΟΣΟΥΔΙΑΤΑΣΙΔΙΑΣΤΗΣΤΕΙΜΗΣΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΑΣΤΑΣΜΕΝΓΑΡΥΠΕΡΤΩΝ
ΚΟΙΝΩΝΕΚΔΙΚΙΑΣΧΡΗΜΑΤΩΝΚΑΙΚΤΗΜΑΤΩΝΠΙΣΤΟΤΕΡΟΝΤΩΝΕΝΧΕΙΡΙΣΘΕΝΤΩΝΕΒΑΣΤΑΣΕ
10ΚΑΙΤΟΥΣΠΟΛΛΑΚΙΣΕΠΕΥΩΝΙΣΜΟΥΣΕΙΣΤΗΝΤΩΝΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΝΣΩΤΗΡΙΑΝΚΑΙΔΑΨΙΛΕΙΑΝ
ΥΠΑΥΤΟΥΓΕΓΟΝΟΤΑΣΑΡΙΘΜΟΣΟΥΧΩΡΕΙΚΑΙΤΑΣΚΑΤΑΠΟΛΙΝΑΡΧΑΣΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΑΚΑΙΜΕ
ΓΑΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΑΤΑΔΙΣΤΕΕΠΙΤΕΛΕΣΑΜΕΝΟΣΚΑΙΕΚΟΣΜΗΣΕΝΚΑΙΗΥΞΗΣΕΤΗΝΠΟΛΙΝΚΑΙΤΟ
ΓΕΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΝΥΠΑΥΤΟΥΣΕΒΑΣΤΕΙΟΝΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΝΕΝΤΕΜΕΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΝΛΕΥΚΟΛΙΘΩΝΑ[.]
ΚΑΙΠΕΡΙΣΤΥΛΩΠΟΙΚΙΛΩΚΑΙΚΟΣΜΟΣΤΗΣΠΟΛΕΩΣΕΣΤΙΝΚΑΙΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣΤΗΣΤΑΝΔΡΟΣ
15ΠΡΟΣΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙΔΑΦΙΛΟΤΕΙΜΙΑΣΟΤΙ..ΔΕ....Ν..ΣΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙΟΠΩΣΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙΔΑΦΙΛΕΙΝ
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English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

. . . ] since he stands ou?] because of his having previously honoured the city in many other deeds (i.e. than those now to be mentioned), and (scil. since) while in other respects setting it on its feet again he is governed by love for his fatherland, with six months having already passed and (scil. since) not having measured the value of his time, nor the distinction of crowns or purple, he reckoned the goodwill of his fatherland as (scil. equivalent to) the wearing of brilliant purple or gold, having in three months dealt with the high priesthood laboured over by others for a year, and having completed the stoa in front of (scil. the temple of) Zeus, which was incomplete and which insulted the body of the city, from his own resources and at great cost he showed that he brings about the sheer beauty of the fatherland, not for the sake of his own records of honour, for he handled the cases relative to the money and property of the community with even greater commitment than the mandate required, and it is impossible to count the frequent subsidies offered by him for the safety and well-being of men, and having undertaken, twice indeed, the offices of the city in the most effective and impressive way, and he has both decorated and glorified the city and the temple of Hercules Augustus built by him, enclosing it with a white marble hall and a coloured marble peristyle, and is an ornament to the city and a demonstration of the striving also of a man for his fatherland, such that men, not even (doing something or other), in order that they may compete to love their fatherland [could emulate him ? . . .

Bibliography

Recorded: New York University expedition in 1994.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (NYU, 1994)

Fig. 2. Face (Mossman Roueché, 1994)

Fig. 3. Face (Mossman Roueché, 1994)


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