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65. The city honours Vitianus, governor

Description | Text | Translation | Apparatus | Images | Commentary | Location | History


Description

  • Monument: A rectangular white marble statue base shaft (0.86 × 0.47 × 0.40) with panels within moulded edges on three sides.
  • Text: Inscribed on the central panel; on the right side panel the letters ΤΑ have been cut.
  • Letters: 0.02-0.03; irregular, and in varying forms; abbreviations: scroll above line in l. 4; letter above line in l. 5; there are apparently superfluous letters in lines 7 and 9.
  • Date: Late fifth/early-mid sixth century (offices; titles).

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  [? cross ] ἡ λαμπρὰ καὶ
  περιφανὴς Ἀφροδι -
  σιέων μητρόπολις
  Βιτιανὸν τὸν λαμπρ(ότατον)
σχο(λαστικὸν) καὶ ὑπα(τικὸν) τὸν οἰκῖον
  εὐεργέτην καὶ
  ἀγωνοθέτην α
  ἀνέθηκεν
  vacat
10  leaf α

Translation

The splendid and well-known metropolis of the Aphrodisians set up (this statue of) Vitianus, clarissimus scholasticus and consular, their own benefactor and agonothete.

Apparatus

l.1: Whatever stood at the beginning of the line—the outline suggests a cross—has been deeply erased.

l.7: The Α at the end of the line, which conforms to the other letters, might be a numeral or a false start in writing ἀνέθηκεν.

1.9: The Α is very roughly written, and has the appearance of a rough graffito addition.

Photographs

Base Right side (1993) Top (1993) Top (1994)
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Representations

Squeeze (1972)
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Commentary

See discussion at V.38.

For Vitianus see List of Governors, Vitianus.

Locations

  • Found: Theatre: north scaena.
  • Original: Unknown.
  • Last Recorded: Museum.

History

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