8.87. Honours for Kandidianos, circuit-victor
- Description:
- A plain white marble statue base, moulded on either side, made up of two fragments (H. 0.24 x W. 1.06 x D. 0.50); there is a depression on the top for the attachment of the statue. For the statue, see bibliography.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face
- Letters:
- Letters probably third century, rounded epsilon and sigma; l.1, 0.035; l.2, 0.04.
- Date:
- Third century (lettering, sculpture)
- Findspot:
- Theatre stage
- Original Location:
- Theatre, north analemma
- Last recorded location:
- Museum, reassembled with statue
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1968 and 1971 (excavation inventory nos. 68.400) and 1971 (71.167)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, PPA 74; published, with the statue, by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, no. 40
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 Κανδιδιανὸν vac. Ἀ{τ}`κ´τεονίκην
- 2 περιοδονίκην vac. ἡ πατρίς
- 1ΚΑΝΔΙΔΙΑΝΟΝ ΑΤΚΤΕΟΝΙΚΗΝ
- 2ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΝΙΚΗΝ ΗΠΑΤΡΙΣ
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Κανδιδιανὸν
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Ἀ
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κ
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τεονίκην
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περιοδονίκην
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ἡ
πατρίς
Apparatus
line 1: Ἀκτιονίκην PPA . The cutter seems to have written ΑΤΤ, and then squeezed a Κ between the two T's.
Translation:
The fatherland (honours) Kandidianos, victor at Actia, circuit-victor
Commentary:
See commentary at Roueché, PPA 74.
Photographs:
- Complete (1989)
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- Complete (2000)
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- Left end (1978)
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- Right end (1978)
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- Statue and base (2004)
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