Description:
Fragments of white marble architrave blocks (W. 1.63 × H. 0.31 × D. 0.57-D. 0.69 in depth) from the entablature of the north portico of the Sebasteion. Above is a decoration of mutules, spaced at intervals of c. 0.30.
Text:
The inscription runs in one line on a single, unstepped, face. The face is drafted above, below and at the ends of each block; the upper drafting line rises to follow the line of the moulding between the mutules. The inscription was cut when the blocks were in place, and letters run across joins.
Letters:
0.09; small star for stop.
Date:
First century A.D.
Findspot:
Six architrave blocks were found in the Sebasteion. These formed the left end of the inscription, and are succeeded by several empty blocks. 16 fragments of the preceding text were found, over a period of several years, re-used in the defence wall built in the first half of the 7th century across the east wall of the Theatre.
Original Location:
Sebasteion
Last recorded location:
Museum or restored on site (1981).
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition, in the Sebasteion in 1981 (from left to right, 81.88, 81.89, 81.87, 81.85, 81.94, 81.95) and in the East wall of the Theatre between 1967 and 1972 (71.440, 72.215, 72.162, 73.167, 73.151, 75.258, 73.111, 71.431, 67.471, 71.432, 72.164, 72.216, 70.247, 70.248, and 2 unnumbered fragments). ?Also 83.150.
Bibliography:
Cited by Erim, Britannia 13, 1982, 278, note 8, Smith, JRS 77, 1987, 90, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 95.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [?Ἀφροδίτῃ θεοῖς Σεβαστοῖς Ὀλυνπίοις καὶ τῷ δήμῳ] | star Εὐσέβης φιλό[πατρις καὶ Μένα]ν̣δρος οἱ Μ | ενάν[δρου τοῦ Εὐνί]κου [καὶ Ἀπ] | φίας Μενάν[δρου γυνὴ Εὐσε]βοῦς stop ἀνέθη̣[κ]α̣ν ἐκ τῶ | ν ἰδ[ίων] star ὑπὸ σεισ̣[μῶ]ν δ[ὲ κατενεχθέντα καὶ ἀχρηω]θέν|[τ]α πά[λ]ι̣ν ἐκ τῶν ἰ|δίων stop Ἀπφίας v. σὺν | καὶ Τάτᾳ τῇ θυγα|τρὶ v. καὶ Μενάνδρῳ | κ[α]ὶ Εὐσεβεῖ τοῖς ἐγ|γόνοις τελέσασα | ἀποκαθέστησεν | vac.
1[······························· ·········] star ΕΥΣΕΒΗΣΦΙΛΟ[······ ·······]·ΔΡΟΣΟΙΜΕΝΑΝ[···· ·······]ΚΟΥ[·····]ΦΙΑΣΜΕΝΑΝ[············]ΒΟΥΣ stop ΑΝΕΘ·[·]·ΝΕΚΤΩΝΙΔ[···] star ΥΠΟΣΕΙ·[··]ΝΔ[·····················]ΘΕΝ[·]ΑΠΑ[·]·ΝΕΚΤΩΝΙΔΙΩΝ stop ΑΠΦΙΑΣ ΣΥΝΚΑΙΤΑΤΑΤΗΘΥΓΑΤΡΙ ΚΑΙΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΩΚ[·]ΙΕΥΣΕΒΕΙΤΟΙΣΕΓΓΟΝΟΙΣΤΕΛΕΣΑΣΑΑΠΟΚΑΘΕΣΤΗΣΕΝ     
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
Ἀφροδίτῃ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
θεοῖς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Σεβαστοῖς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ὀλυνπίοις
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῷ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δήμῳ
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" n="a" />
<g type="star" />
Εὐσέβης
φιλό
<supplied reason="lost" >
πατρις
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Μένα
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
δρος
οἱ
Μ
<milestone unit="block" n="b" />
ενάν
<supplied reason="lost" >
δρου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοῦ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Εὐνί
</supplied>
κου
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἀπ
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" n="c" />
φίας
Μενάν
<supplied reason="lost" >
δρου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
γυνὴ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Εὐσε
</supplied>
βοῦς
<g type="stop" />
ἀνέθ
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
κ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
ν
ἐκ
τῶ
<milestone unit="block" n="d" />
ν ἰδ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ίων
</supplied>
<g type="star" />
ὑπὸ
σει
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
μῶ
</supplied>
ν
δ
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
κατενεχθέντα
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀχρηω
</supplied>
θέν
<milestone unit="block" n="e" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
α
πά
<supplied reason="lost" >
λ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
ν
ἐκ
τῶν
<milestone unit="block" n="f" />
δίων
<g type="stop" />
Ἀπφίας
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
σὺν
<milestone unit="block" n="g" />
καὶ
Τάτᾳ
τῇ
θυγα
<milestone unit="block" n="h" />
τρὶ
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
καὶ
Μενάνδρῳ
<milestone unit="block" n="i" />
κ
<supplied reason="lost" >
α
</supplied>
Εὐσεβεῖ
τοῖς
ἐγ
<milestone unit="block" n="j" />
γόνοις
τελέσασα
<milestone unit="block" n="k" />
ἀποκαθέστησεν
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="5" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Translation:

[For Aphrodite, for the gods Augusti Olympians, for the People]: Eusebes (entitled) lover of his country, and Menandros, the sons of Menandros the son of Eunikos and Apphias daughter of Menandros, [wife of] Eusebes set (this) up at their own expense. After it was thrown down and made useless by earthquakes, again at their own expense Apphias completed and set it up again, in company with Tata, her daughter, and Menandros and Eusebes her grandsons.

Commentary:

The text can be restored by comparison with the virtually identical text found in the Propylon, (unpublished) (=83.54+) (which only omits the filiation of Apphias). For the family see (unpublished) (=81.173+)

Photographs:

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