Description:
Two adjoining fragments of the lower part of a white marble statue base shaft with moulded panes on at least three sides (W. 0.47 × H. 0.89 × D. 0.29). Fragment a. lines 1-10; b. line 11.
Text:
Inscribed on the face (surviving face W. 0.37 × H. 0.50)
Letters:
0.03. Apices on first I, l. 6; on I and first E, l. 10.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Temple/Church; re-used in the Byzantine bema.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Both fragments recorded by Gaudin (48); a recorded by the MAMA expedition; both by the NYU expedition (SBI 103).
Bibliography:
Published by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, REG 19, 1906, 208-210, no. 88; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 516, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 250.
Text constituted from:
Publications; Gaudin's squeeze; Preliminary transcription (Reynolds) This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
0[·· ? ··]
1[ἀ]νθη[φόρον]
2ἀρχιέρε̣[ιαν θυ]-
3γατέρα star Φ[λ(αβίους)
4Ἡφαιστίωνο[ς]
5καὶ Μεσσουλη̣-
6ΐας Σατορνεί-
7λης ἀρχιερέων
8γυναῖκα Αἰμι̣-
9λίου Ὑψικλέους
10ἀρχιερέως ἱππ[ι]-
11κοῦ ἱερέως διὰ
12βίου θεοῦ Ἡλίου
12a        vacat
0[·· ? ··]
1[·]ΝΘΗ[·····]
2ΑΡΧΙΕΡ·[·····]
3ΓΑΤΕΡΑ star Φ[·
4ΗΦΑΙΣΤΙΩΝΟ[·]
5ΚΑΙΜΕΣΣΟΥΛ·
6ΙΑΣΣΑΤΟΡΝΕΙ
7ΛΗΣΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΝ
8ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΑΙΜ·
9ΛΙΟΥΥΨΙΚΛΕΟΥΣ
10ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣΙΠΠ[·]
11ΚΟΥΙΕΡΕΩΣΔΙΑ
12ΒΙΟΥΘΕΟΥΗΛΙΟΥ
12a       vacat
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<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="left" />
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
νθη
<supplied reason="lost" >
φόρον
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
ἀρχιέρ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ιαν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
θυ
</supplied>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
γατέρα
<g type="star" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Φ
<supplied reason="lost" >
λ
</supplied>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
αβίους
</supplied>
</expan>
<lb n="4" />
Ἡφαιστίωνο
<supplied reason="lost" >
ς
</supplied>
<lb n="5" />
καὶ
Μεσσουλ
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
ΐας
Σατορνεί
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
λης
ἀρχιερέων
<lb n="8" />
γυναῖκα
Αἰμ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
λίου
Ὑψικλέους
<lb n="10" />
ἀρχιερέως
ἱππ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ι
</supplied>
<lb n="11" type="worddiv" />
κοῦ
ἱερέως
διὰ
<lb n="12" />
βίου
θεοῦ
Ἡλίου
<lb n="12a" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>
Translation:
No translation yet (2007).
Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).

Photographs:

Fragment a (1977)
 Fragment a (1977)
Fragment b (1976)
 Fragment b (1976)

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