8.101. Letter from Gordian III (fragment)
- Description:
- Fragment of white marble without edges (W. 0.17 x H. 0.23 x D. 0.09).
- Text:
- Two texts inscribed on the face: line 1 from the first, lines 2 ff from the second.
- Letters:
- second to third centuries A.D.; ll. 1-3, 0.022; l.4, 0.025; ll. 6-7, 0.02.
- Date:
- 238-244 A.D. (reign, lettering)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: north parodos area
- Original Location:
- Theatre: north parodos wall
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1976 (76.11)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reynolds, A&R 23 and 24 whence SEG 32, 1982.1097, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 58 .
- Text constituted from:
- transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1982).
- 1[αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γ]ορδιαν̣[ὸς Εὐσεβὴς Εὐτυχὴς ?Σεβαστὸς ·· ? ·· Ἀφροδεισιέων]
- 2[τοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ ?δήμῳ] χαίρειν [·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ··]Λ̣ΕΩΣ̣[·· ? ··]
- 4[·· ? ··]ΩΡΕΩ[·· ? ··]
- 5[·· ? ··]ΚΑΤ[·· ? ··]
- 5a[·· ? ··]
- 1[·······························]ΟΡΔΙΑ·[························ - - - ············]
- 2[······························]ΧΑΙΡΕΙΝ[ - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]·ΕΩ·[ - - - ]
- 4[ - - - ]ΩΡΕΩ[ - - - ]
- 5[ - - - ]ΚΑΤ[ - - - ]
- 5a[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
αὐτοκράτωρ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Καῖσαρ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Μᾶρκος
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ἀντώνιος
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Γ
</supplied>
ορδια
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὸς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Εὐσεβὴς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Εὐτυχὴς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
Σεβαστὸς
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ἀφροδεισιέων
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τοῖς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἄρχουσι
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τῇ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
βουλῇ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τῷ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
δήμῳ
</supplied>
χαίρειν
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
λ
</unclear>
εω
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
σ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ωρεω
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
κατ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Translation:
Reference to Gordian III.
Commentary:
See Aphrodisias and Rome, 139-140.
- Photographs:
- none.
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