2.307. Letter from a Roman official to Aphrodisias
- Description:
- Fragment from the bottom of a white marble stele moulded below (W. 0.30 xh. H. 0.16 x D. 0.115).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face, which seems very slightly concave.
- Letters:
- Second to third centuries A.D. standard forms; c. 0.012
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, North Area: NE Odeon, Trench B, depth 1.30
- Original Location:
- unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.156)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reynolds, A&R 51, whence BE 1983.391, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 65 .
- Text constituted from:
- transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1982).
- 0[·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ··]εἰσπράσ̣σ̣ε̣ι̣[·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ·· εἰ]ς τὴν οἰκείαν κομιδ̣[ήν ·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ··]εται καὶ τοῦ τελών[ου ·· ? ··]
- 4[·· ? ·· κ]ωλύσει vac. spiral εὐτυχεῖτ[ε ? vac. ]
- 0[ - - - ]
- 1[ - - - ]ΕΙΣΠΡΑ····[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ··]ΣΤΗΝΟΙΚΕΙΑΝΚΟΜΙ·[·· - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]ΕΤΑΙΚΑΙΤΟΥΤΕΛΩΝ[·· - - - ]
- 4[ - - - ·]ΩΛΥΣΕΙ spiral ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙΤ[· ·]
<ab>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
εἰσπρά
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
σσει
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
εἰ
</supplied>
ς
τὴν
οἰκείαν
κομι
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
δ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ήν
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
εται
καὶ
τοῦ
τελών
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
κ
</supplied>
ωλύσει
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<g
type="spiral"
/>
εὐτυχεῖτ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ε
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
</ab>
<space
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</supplied>
Apparatus
ll. 1, 2. Only the bases of the dotted letters survive.
Translation:
. . .] ? he exacts [ . . ? . .] ? with a view to personal supply [ . . ? . . ] and of the tax-collector [ . . ? . .] he will prevent [ . . ? . .]. Farewell
Commentary:
See Aphrodisias and Rome, 178-9.
Photographs:
- Face (1973)
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