Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

44. Ampelius, father of the city, undertakes restoration work in the Theatre Baths

Description

Monument: Four fragments (two of which join) of white marble revetment. a and b both have an upper edge surviving; otherwise, all sides are broken. b is made up of two joining pieces.
Text: Inscribed on two faces.
Letters: Face 1 has letters with clear triangular trenches, which are probably the earlier inscription; cut at 0.165 from the upper edge, they are 0.175 high. Face 2 has letters cut 0.085 from the upper edge; they have broad flat trenches, and measure 0.275.
Date: Face 2 perhaps mid fifth century (prosopography).

Text

1
a
	[...]κ̣αιτ̣[...]
b
	[...]ουτο[...]
c
	[...]ολ̣[...]
2
a
	[...]χ̣αισ̣[...]
b
	[...]αμπε̣[...]
c
	[...]ο[...]

Translation

1.a This too [...]|2.b [...] Ampe[lius ...]

Apparatus

Face 2 of b is most easily read as Ἀμπε[λιο-] a reference to Ampelius. The final surviving letter might be Η rather than Ε, but the traces do not seem to suggest Ρ, the only other real possibility.

Photographs

44.a.1 Face, with 74.198 a.2 (1977)	44.a.2 Face, with 74.198 b (1977)

Commentary

See discussion at IV.21 following.

For Ampelius, see also 38, 42, 43, and list of local officials Ampelius.

Locations

Found: Theatre Baths: south Aula Thermale, stratum 2, trench 3, at floor level.
Original: Unknown; probably findspot.
Last Recorded: Museum.

History

Recording: Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.198).
Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 44, whence PHI 621.
Text constituted from: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

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