Description:
Upper part of a round-headed marble stele (W. 0.33 × H. 0.48 × D. 0.15), chipped on either side as well as cut away below; within the head is an incised olive wreath with pendant taenia that impinge on the body of the stele, above the text. There is a hole in the underside for attachment to a shaft below, which must also have been inscribed.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.015; circular letters small; theta with dot in centre; adscript iota.
Date:
Perhaps third to second centuries B.C. (lettering)
Findspot:
Temple/Church: 'T.Aph. Tem. I - III, dismantling water channel A'
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (65.293).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1Ἀγαθῆι Τύχηι
2στεφανοῦσιν οἱ
3[Ἀ]φ̣ρ̣ο̣δ̣ι̣σι̣ε̣ῖς ἱερ[?εῖς]
3a[·· ? ··]
1ΑΓΑΘΗΙΤΥΧΗΙ
2ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΥΣΙΝΟΙ
3[·]·····Σ··ΙΣΙΕΡ[···]
3a[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Ἀγαθῆι
Τύχηι
<lb n="2" />
στεφανοῦσιν
οἱ
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
φροδι
</unclear>
σ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιε
</unclear>
ῖς
ἱερ
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
εῖς
</supplied>
<lb n="3a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

With good fortune. The Aphrodisian ?priests crown [...

Commentary:

It is not clear whether the Aphrodisian priests crown someone or the Aphrodisians crown their priests.

Photographs:
none.

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