Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.233. Honorific text

Description: White marble ?capital, designed to crown a corner; no measurements

Text: Inscribed on the upper moulding (lines 1-2) and on the face below

Letters: Standard forms, no measurements

Date: First to third century. (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, ?north east

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1989)

Interpretive

[------] [c. 5]ΙΕΘΕ[c. 5] | [---] καὶ τοῦ [c. 6] φυλων
μων καὶ γυμνασιαρ[---] | [.] ΘΕΣ ΙΙ ΚΑΙ Α[..]ΤΑΓΗΑ [.]
ἡ γερουσία χρηματων[c. 6] | [---]
γεγραπται[---] | [---]
5ἀναπασης καὶ ἐπι . . .[---]
[---]ΤΑΧΟ[---]

Diplomatic

[------ ·····]ΙΕΘΕ[·····] | [---]ΚΑΙΤΟΥ[······]ΦΥΛΩΝ
ΜΩΝΚΑΙΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΑΡ[---] | [·]ΘΕΣΙΙΚΑΙΑ[··]ΤΑΓΗΑ[·]
ΗΓΕΡΟΥΣΙΑΧΡΗΜΑΤΩΝ[······] | [---]
ΓΕΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ[---] | [---]
5ΑΝΑΠΑΣΗΣΚΑΙΕΠΙ[---]
[---]ΤΑΧΟ[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

Not usefully translatable

Commentary

Is this part of the new Longianus text - which extends 12.25? See dig report 2024

Bibliography

Recorded: New York University expedition in 1989

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mossman Roueché, 1989)