Description:
Fragment of a white marble block, damaged above, to the left and below (W. 0.47 × H. 0.36 × D. 0.20).
Text:
Inscribed on the face within a moulded panel.
Letters:
Second to third centuries A.D; 0.02
Date:
Second to early third century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Temple/Church: 'N.E. Temenos corner, level 1'
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1966 (66.223)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [···]
2[·· c. 10 ··] Σ[··]
3[·· c. 5 ··τὸ]ν̣ παῖδα
4[αὐτοῦ] διὰ ψηφίσ-
5[ματ]ος καὶ μετηλ-
6[λά]κοτα τειμηθῆ-
7[ναι δὲ] καὶ αὐτὸν star
8[ὑπὸ τ]ῆς βουλῆς
9καὶ τοῦδ̣ή̣μ̣[ου ·· c. 4 ··]
10[···]
1[···]
2[··········]Σ[··]
3[·······]·ΠΑΙΔΑ
4[·····]ΔΙΑΨΗΦΙΣ
5[···]ΟΣΚΑΙΜΕΤΗΛ
6[··]ΚΟΤΑΤΕΙΜΗΘΗ
7[······]ΚΑΙΑΥΤΟΝ star
8[····]ΗΣΒΟΥΛΗΣ
9ΚΑΙΤΟΥ···[·· ····]
10[···]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
σ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
παῖδα
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
αὐτοῦ
</supplied>
διὰ
ψηφίσ
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ματ
</supplied>
ος
καὶ
μετηλ
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
λά
</supplied>
κοτα
τειμηθῆ
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ναι δὲ
</supplied>
καὶ
αὐτὸν
<g type="star" />
<lb n="8" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὑπὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
ῆς
βουλῆς
<lb n="9" />
καὶ τοῦ
<unclear reason="damage" >
δήμ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ου
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
<lb n="10" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</ab>

Apparatus

Something like . . .[τειμῆ]σ[αι δὲ καὶ τὸ]ν παῖδα [αὐτοῦ] may have stood in ll. 1-3

Translation:

. . . ] that his] son [be honoured] in a decree also after his death and for him too to be praised by the Council and the People [ . . .

Commentary:

This is perhaps part of a decision of the Council that a father as well as his deceased son should be honoured; it probably concluded by urging the father to bear his loss with courage. For the combination of elements cf. 12.704a (=MAMA 512)

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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