Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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89. Acclamation for Theopompus, magnificentissimus, pater civitiatis
Description
- Monument:
The upper part of a white marble panel (0.14 × 0.23 × 0.06) with upper and right edges surviving.
- Text:
Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
: 0.015-0.025; clear, irregular, with no close parallels; abbreviations: ΜΕΓΑΛΟΠΡ hook , ΘΩ with line above.
- Date:
Sixth century (titulature).
Text
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[? cross α]ὔ̣ξι Θεόπομπος
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[ὁ μ]ε̣γαλοπρ(επέστατος) πολι
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[?τευόμ(ενος)] σ̣ὺ̣ν̣ θ(ε)ῷ πα
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[?τὴρ ?τῆς πόλεως]
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[...]
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Translation
Up with Theopompus, magnificentissimus, ?member of the council and, with God's help, ?pa[ter civitatis ...]
Photographs
Commentary
See discussion at VI.34, and, for Theopompus, List of Local officials Theopompus.
Locations
- Found:
Acropolis: section 5, unit 471.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1968 (68.92).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 89, whence PHI 865.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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