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74. Verse honours for Hermias, benefactor

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Description

  • Monument: A rectangular white marble base with panels within moulded edges on four sides (1.24 × 0.56 × 0.50).
  • Text: On one face is an inscription of the late second or early third century (partly published by L. Robert, Études Anatoliennes, 299, n. 2; NYU Baths 4); 74 is cut on the opposite panel (1.08 × 0.46)
  • Letters: 0.03-0.07; very irregular, clearly cut.
  • Date: Late fifth/sixth century (language, lettering).

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     cross χρυσῶν | χιλιάδας | τρῖς ὤπασε | τῶιδε λοετρῶι |
     (5) Ἑρμίας | κὲ μνῆστιν ἀ |ειζώουσαν | ἐφεῦρεν cross .

Translation

Hermias gave three thousands of gold to this bath, and obtained an everliving fame (i.e. (lit.) memory).

Photographs

View of base (1994) Text (1972) Top of base (1994) Face and top (2004)
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Representations

Transcription by Boulanger, Notebook A, page59
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Commentary

See discussion at V.51, V.53.

Locations

  • Found: Hadrianic Baths: East Court: 'Passage au portique s(ud) de la cour de l'E(st)' (Boulanger). See Plan 3
  • Original: ?Findspot.
  • Last Recorded: Hadrianic Baths: southern colonnade of the East Court.

History

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