1.189. Honours for Licinius Valerianus

Description:: Three adjoining fragments of a white marble statue base shaft with a moulded panel on one face. a, an upper right corner fragment, has lines 1-6 (H. 0.23 × W. 0.33 × D. 0.30); b, a fragment with the left side moulding surviving has lines 6-20 (H. 0.38 × W. 0.53 × D. 0.34); c, the lower part of the block, with moulding surviving on both sides and below, has lines 16-20 (H. 0.46 × W. 0.46 × D. 0.54).
Text:: Inscribed within the panel; the last letter is cut on the moulding in lines 5, 6, 17, 18 and (presumably) 10.
Letters:: ll. 1-15. 0.025; ll 16-20, 0.022-0.023. Ligatures: ΗΝ, l.8; ΤΗ, l.9; ΝΕ, l. 19.
Date:: A.D. 253-260 (content).
Findspot:: Temple/Church: loose finds, probably from a base re-used in the bema wall.
Original Location:: Unknown.
Last recorded location:: Museum and findspot (1980).
History of discovery:: b recorded by Kubitschek (K V.18, Abklatsch 23); by Gaudin (48); by the MAMA expedition; that and two further fragments (a and c) found by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:: Fragment published by •Reinach, no. 90, from Gaudin and by •Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, 509; all fragments published by •Roueché (1981), no. 3, whence SEG 1981.906, BE 1982.357; An.Ép. 1981.767; republished by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 4, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 211. Discusssion: Christol & Drew-Bear, Travaux & Recherches 1982, 35 no. 32, Zaccaria, Sodalitas (Festschrift Guarino) vol. 2, 697-709, An.Ép. 1984.884.
Text constituted from:: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).

0[ἡ πόλις]

1[·· ? ··]ον Λι-

2[κίννιο]ν̣ Οὐα-

3[λεριαν]ὸν υἱ

4[ὸν καὶ ἀ]δελ-

5[φὸν τῶ]ν Σεβα-

6[στῶν τ]ὸν ἑαυ-

7[τ]ῆ̣ς εὐεργέ-

8την, προνοη̣-

9σαμένου τῆς

10ἀναστάσεω[ς]

11τοῦ ἀξιολο-

12γωτάτου Ἀν-

13τωνίου Νει-

14κ̣ομάχου τοῦ

15πατρὸς τοῦ πρώ-

16τ̣ου ἄρχοντος

17Ἀντωνίου Κλαυ-

18δίου Νεικομάχου

19ἀρχιερέων ἐκγό-

20 scroll νου scroll

0[·······]

1[ - - - ]ΟΝΛΙ

2[······]·ΟΥΑ

3[······]ΟΝΥΙ

4[·· ····]ΔΕΛ

5[·····]ΝΣΕΒΑ

6[·····]ΟΝΕΑΥ-

7[·]·ΣΕΥΕΡΓΕ

8ΤΗΝΠΡΟΝΟ·

9ΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΤΗΣ

10ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΕΩ[·]

11ΤΟΥΑΞΙΟΛΟ

12ΓΩΤΑΤΟΥΑΝ

13ΤΩΝΙΟΥΝΕΙ

14·ΟΜΑΧΟΥΤΟΥ

15ΠΑΤΡΟΣΤΟΥΠΡΩ

16·ΟΥΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ

17ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥΚΛΑΥ

18ΔΙΟΥΝΕΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ

19ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΝΕΚΓΟ

20 scroll ΝΟΥ scroll

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ἡ

πόλις

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ον

Λι

κίννιο

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Οὐα

λεριαν

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ὸν

υἱ

ὸν

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καὶ

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ἀ

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δελ

φὸν

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τῶ

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Σεβα

στῶν

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ὸν

ἑαυ-

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ῆ

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εὐεργέ

ην

προνο

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σαμένου

τῆ

ἀναστάσεω

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τοῦ

ἀξιολο

γωτάτου

Ἀν

τωνίου

Νει

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ομάχου

τοῦ

πατρὸς

τοῦ

πρώ

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ου

ἄρχοντος

Ἀντωνίου

Κλαυ

δίου

Νεικομάχου

ἀρχιερέω

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κγό

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Translation:

[The city (has honoured) ·· ? ··]us Li[cinius] Va[lerian]us, son and brother of the Augusti, her benefactor; the most worthy Antonius Neikomachos, father of the first archon Antonius Claudius Neikomachos, offspring of high-priests, supervised the erection (of the monument).