5.118. Building inscription of Helladios
- Description:
- A rectangular white marble block, ?perhaps from a lintel (H. 0.285 × W. 0.665 × D. 0.50) with simple moulding above and below on one face. Chipped to the right, but complete.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the moulded face, in one line on the surface between the mouldings, which is slightly concave. The text must have continued onto an adjacent block.
- Letters:
- Flowing style, similar to 5.302, 5.119 and 4.120; 0.05-0.06.
- Date:
- First half of the fourth century (lettering, prosopography).
- Findspot:
- Hadrianic Baths: central chamber.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1972).
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by •Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity, no. 18, whence PHI 605.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 v. κἀμὲ Ἑλλάδιος ὁ ἁγνός̣ [·· ? ··]
- 1 ΚΑΜΕΕΛΛΑΔΙΟΣΟΑΓΝΟ·[ - - - ]
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κἀμὲ
Ἑλλάδιος
ὁ
ἁγνό
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ς
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reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
Me also Helladios the pure [·· ? ··
Photographs:
- Face (1972)
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