11.5. Honours for ?Papulos, contest-president
- Description:
- Two adjoining white marble blocks from a composite monument, complete above and below, but damaged at edges (H. 0.195 x W. 0.81 x D. 0.34).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face; the text must have begun on the upper blocks of the monument from which these blocks came.
- Letters:
- First century A.D.; ll. 1-4, 0.025, omicron 0.018; l.5, 0.015.
- Date:
- First century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- One fragment in City, Village: New Museum excavations; one fragment Stray.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1980)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1978 and 1979 (79.25)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, PPA 48.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 0[·· ? ··]
- 1[στεφαν]ηφορήσαντα δίς stop καὶ ἀγ[ωνο]θ̣ε̣τ̣ή̣[?σαντα ?δὶς ?τοὺς]
- 2[τῶν Σε]βαστῶν ἀγῶνας stop καὶ ἑστιάσαντα τ̣[ὴν βουλὴν καὶ]
- 3[τὸν δῆ]μον καὶ τὴν γερουσίαν ἐγδεύτε[ρον stop ?καὶ ἀγορα]-
- 4[νομήσ]αντα πολυδαπάν[ω]ς stop τὴν δὲ ἀνάστα[σιν ?τῆς τείμης ἐ]-
- 5[ποιήσα]το stop Ἱέραξ κατὰ τὴν Παπύλου [δια]θή[κην] ?vac.
- 0[ - - - ]
- 1[······]ΗΦΟΡΗΣΑΝΤΑΔΙΣ stop ΚΑΙΑΓ[···]····[············]
- 2[·····]ΒΑΣΤΩΝΑΓΩΝΑΣ stop ΚΑΙΕΣΤΙΑΣΑΝΤΑ·[···········]
- 3[·····]ΜΟΝΚΑΙΤΗΝΓΕΡΟΥΣΙΑΝΕΓΔΕΥΤΕ[··· ··········]
- 4[·····]ΑΝΤΑΠΟΛΥΔΑΠΑΝ[·]Σ stop ΤΗΝΔΕΑΝΑΣΤΑ[·············]
- 5[······]ΤΟ stop ΙΕΡΑΞΚΑΤΑΤΗΝΠΑΠΥΛΟΥ[···]ΘΗ[···]
Translation:
[e.g. The Council, the People, and the Gerousia honoured ?Papulos] who was twice stephanephorus, and contest-president of the contests of the Augusti, and feasted the [Council and the ] People, and the Gerousia a second time [ and ?who was agoranomos] lavishly. The setting up [?of the statue was undertaken] by Hierax, according to the testament of Papulos.
Commentary:
The only evidence for dating this inscription, within the imperial period, is provided by the script, which suggests a date in the first century A.D. The text presumably recorded honours for Papulos, now deceased; the principal honour - a statue - was paid for from his own bequest, and this text was very probably inscribed beneath it. The name is attested several times at Aphrodisias; in particular, a Papulos son of Jason son of Kastor is honoured by Gerousia, Council and People in another inscription which is similar in design and script, 11.6 (=MAMA VIII.488). Hierax might be a son or a more distant connection.
The restoration at the end of l.3 is not certain, but echoes the phrasing in the following text (49.7-8); conversely, l.2 supports Reinach's restoration in 49 ll. 3-4.
Photographs:
- Left fragment (1978)
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- Together (1980)
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- Together (1980)
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