2.19. Ampelios, father of the city, restores the 'palaestra'

Description:: White marble blocks making up the Odeon/Bouleuterion stage edge, which is H. 0.10 high. The rim was broken in several places: it has been largely restored, but four fragments are still loose.
Text:: Cut along the rim of the stage. The total length of the text is c. 7.65.
Letters:: 0.06-0.07; scroll for abbreviation; well cut.
Date:: Mid fifth century (lettering, titulature).
Findspot:: Bouleuterion/Odeon: on the stage rim; .
Original Location:: Findspot.
Last recorded location:: Findspot; fragments in Museum (1977).
History of discovery:: Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1963.
Bibliography:: Published by •Erim, ILN 21 Dec. 1963, 1028; by •Roueché (1979), 176, no. 2, whence BE 1980.473; by •Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 43 and plate, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 620.
Text constituted from:: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).

1ἐπὶ εὐτυχίᾳ τῆς λαμπρᾶς Ἀφροδισιαί[ων μητροπό]λεω[ς] καὶ [το]ῦτο τὸ ἔργον τῆς παλ̣έστ̣ρας ἐγέν[ετο ἐπὶ ?Φλαβίου Ἀμπελίου] τ̣ο[ῦ] ἐλλογιμ(ωτάτου) σχ(ολαστικοῦ) καὶ π[ατρ]ός ἰνδ(ικτιῶνι) ι´ εὐτυχ(εστάτῃ)

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ἐπὶ

εὐτυχίᾳ

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ῆς

λαμπρᾶς

Ἀφροδισιαί

ων

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μητροπό

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λεω

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καὶ

το

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ῦτο

τὸ

ἔργον

τῆς

πα

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έσ

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ρας

ἐγέν

ετο

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ἐπὶ

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Φλαβίου

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Ἀμπελίου

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ῦ

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ἐλλογιμ

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ωτάτου

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σχ

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ολαστικοῦ

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καὶ

ατρ

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ός

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ἰνδ

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ικτιῶνι

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εὐτυχ

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εστάτῃ

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Apparatus

ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ι´, εὐτυχ(ῶς) ALA; ἰνδ(ικτιῶνι) ι´ εὐτυχ(εστάτῃ) Feissel.

The letters on the loose fragments are highlighted in the text.

Translation:

For the good fortune of the splendid metropolis of the Aphrodisians, this work of the palaestra also took place [?under Flavius Ampelius] the most eloquent scholasticus and pater, in the tenth indiction. With good fortune.