Description:
Two fragments from the lower part of a white marble base with moulded panels on four sides. a: right side fragment (W. 0.28 ×H. 0.58 ×D. 0.25) with moulding to right. b: lower left corner fragment, with moulding to left and below (W. 0.25 × H. 0.34 × D. 0.34).
Text:
Inscribed on the face. a. inscribed face W. 0.19 ×H. 0.45; b. inscribed face W. 0.17 × H. 0.39.
Letters:
0.02; ligatures: ΤΗ l.14, ΗΝ l.20; the numerals at the end of l. 17 cut on moulding.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Temple/Church: probably re-used in the Byzantine bema
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
a copied by Kubitschek (KV.19, Abklatsch 22); by Ramsay; recorded (considerably damaged) by the MAMA expedition; recorded, still further damaged, by the NYU expedition
Bibliography:
Published by Ramsay, Cities & Bishoprics p. 189, no. 72, whence discussed by L. Robert Villes d'Asie Mineure, second edition, p.64, Rev. de Phil. 1929, 134, n.1, and republished by Squarciapino, La scuola di Afrodisia 12, no. 4, whence BE 1948.211a; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 520bis, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 273; published by Erim and Reynolds, Sculptors of Aphrodisias no. 18, whence SEG 1990.941.
Text constituted from:
Publications; Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1991).
0[(e.g.) ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος]
1[ἐτείμησαν Διονύσιον
2[·· ? ··υ τοῦ Τα-
3[·· ? ··] τοῦ Δημη-
4[τρίου] τοῦ Πε-
5[·· ? ··] παῖδα τῶν
6[εὖ γεγο]ν̣ότων τε-
7[λευτήσαντα προ-
8[μοίρως σ̣ύνκρ̣ι-
9[τον γενόμε̣νον
10[περὶ τὴν] πλ̣αστι-
11[κὴν τέχνην· τοῦ
12[·· ? ··]υ τοῦ Ζω̣-
13[·· ? ·· ἀν]ατεθει-
14[κότος τῇ] κρατίστῃ
15[βουλῇ εἰ]ς αἰωνί -
16[ους κλή]ρους ΚΑ̣Ι
17[·· ? ·· ἀ]ργυρίου (δηνάρια) Ρ̣Ι̣
18[ποιησαμέ]νου δὲ
19[τὴν κατ]ασκευ-
20ὴν καὶ̣ [ἀνάστασιν
21 τοῦ ἀνδ[ριάν]τος
22 leaf παρ' ἑ[αυτο]ῦ leaf
0[························]
1[············ - - -
2[ - - - ·[···[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ][···][····
4[·····][···[··]
5[ - - - ][········]
6[······]·ΟΤΩ[·[·Ε
7[·······ΝΤ[·[··Ο
8[······[··Υ[···Ι
9[·········ΝΟΝ
10[········][ - - - ·ΑΣΤΙ
11[·······ΗΝΤΟΥ
12[ - - - ]ΥΤΟΥΖ·
13[ - - - ··]ΑΤΕΘΕΙ
14[·······]ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΗ
15[·······]ΣΑΙΩΝΙ
16[······]ΡΟΥΣΚ·Ι
17[ - - - ·]ΡΓΥΡΙΟΥ denarius ··
18[········]ΝΟΥΔΕ
19[······]ΑΣΚΕΥ
20ΗΝΚΑ·[····ΤΑΣΙΝ
21ΤΟΥΑΝ[·[····]ΤΟΣ
22 leaf ΠΑΡ'Ε[····]Υ leaf
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<note>
e.g.
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βουλὴ
καὶ
δῆμος
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ἐτείμησαν
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Διο
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νύσιον
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<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
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<rdg resp="previous" >
υ
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<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
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<rdg resp="previous" >
τοῦ
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<rdg resp="previous" >
Τα
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<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
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τοῦ
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Δημη
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τρίου
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<rdg resp="previous" >
τοῦ
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<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
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<rdg resp="previous" >
Πε
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<rdg resp="previous" >
παῖδα
τῶν
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εὖ
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γεγο
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<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
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ότω
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<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
ν
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<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
τ
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ε
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<supplied reason="lost" >
λευτήσ
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<rdg resp="previous" >
α
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ντ
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<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
α
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<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
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<rdg resp="previous" >
πρ
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ο
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μοίρ
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<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
ως
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<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
</rdg>
</app>
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
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<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
νκ
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<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
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ι
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τον
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<supplied reason="lost" >
γενό
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<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
μ
</rdg>
</app>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
νον
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<supplied reason="lost" >
περὶ
τὴν
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<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
π
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</app>
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
αστι
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<supplied reason="lost" >
κὴν
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<supplied reason="lost" >
τέχ
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<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
ν
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ην
·
τοῦ
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υ
τοῦ
Ζ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ω
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<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀν
</supplied>
ατεθει
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<supplied reason="lost" >
κότος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῇ
</supplied>
κρατίσ
τῃ
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<supplied reason="lost" >
βουλῇ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰ
</supplied>
ς
αἰωνί
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<supplied reason="lost" >
ους
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
κλή
</supplied>
ρους
<orig n="unresolved" >
κ
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
ι
</orig>
<lb n="17" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
ργυρίου
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<abbr>
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<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
δηνάρια
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</expan>
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρι
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="18" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ποιησαμέ
</supplied>
νου
δὲ
<lb n="19" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὴν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
κατ
</supplied>
ασκευ
<lb n="20" type="worddiv" />
ὴν
κα
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
νάσ
</rdg>
</app>
τασιν
<lb n="21" />
τοῦ
ἀν
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
δ
</rdg>
</app>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ριάν
</supplied>
τος
<lb n="22" />
<g type="leaf" />
παρ'
<supplied reason="lost" >
αυτο
</supplied>
<g type="leaf" />
</ab>

Apparatus

The letters highlighted were recorded by previous visitors, but not by the NYU expedition.

Ramsay was the only person to read lines 1-4, and read more than MAMA in lines 5-11.

The numbers in l.17 were first read by the NYU group.

Translation:

The Council and the People honoured Dionysios son of [ . . ? . . ], grandson of Ta[ . . ? . . ], great-grandson of Demetrios, great-great-grandson of Pe [ . . ? . . ], descendant of well-born men, who died before his time, being incomparable in the art of modelling. [ . . ? . . ] dedicated to the most powerful Council for perpetual distribitions? ?110 silver denarii and arranged for the preparation and erection of the statue at his own expense.

Commentary:

See discussion by Erim and Reynolds, Sculptors of Aphrodisias ad. loc.

Photographs:

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

Representations:

a: Kubitschek notebook V, 19
 a: Kubitschek notebook V, 19

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