Description:
White marble relief panels from a monumental public tomb, with sculpted figures ; H. 1.85; width of panels W. 0.75-W. 1.30. The maximum depth of the panels is D. 0.40-D. 0.50.
Text:
Inscribed on the face next to the figures. Numbers for fitting the blocks survive (H. 0.02-H. 0.03) normally on the upper face of the blocks, but in some cases on the face.
Letters:
0.04-0.05
Date:
Late first century A.D. (career, sculpture, lettering)
Findspot:
City, Water Channel Area
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum, reassembled (1989)
History of discovery:
2, 3 5 and 7 recorded by A. Guiliano in 1956: other fragments recorded by the NYU expedition over several years: 1: 61.61; 4, 61.62; 8, 77.147; 9 found 1984; 12 66.234. 13 64.242
Bibliography:
Published by Reynolds, A&R 34 whence BE 1983.391, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 895 .Republished, with the whole monument, by R. R. R. Smith, Aphrodisias I. The monument of C. Julius Zoilos (Mainz, 1993)
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1982).
A
(Numbers (Blocks 1-5))
1 | ζ´ v. [ε]´ | ε´ [···] δ´ | δ´ v. γ´ | γ´ v. [β]´ | β´ v. α´ |
1-5
1 Ἀνδρήα vv. | Ζώιλος (sculpture) Τιμῆ|ι (sculpture) Δῆμο[ς] | Ζώιλος (heads) | Πόλις
B-D
7
1Αἰών
8
1Μνήμη
9
1Μείνω[ς]
12
1[Ζ]ώιλος
13
1 Ἀρ̣̣[ετή]
14
1Πίστις
A
(Numbers (Blocks 1-5))
1Ζ [·]Ε[···]ΔΔ ΓΓ [·]Β Α
1-5
1ΑΝΔΡΗΑ  ΖΩΙΛΟΣ(sculpture)ΤΙΜΗΙ(sculpture)ΔΗΜΟ[·]ΖΩΙΛΟΣ(heads)ΠΟΛΙΣ
B-D
7
1ΑΙΩΝ
8
1ΜΝΗΜΗ
9
1ΜΕΙΝΩ[·]
12
1[·]ΩΙΛΟΣ
13
1Α·̣[···]
14
1ΠΙΣΤΙΣ
<div type="textpart_face" n="A" >
<note>
Numbers (Blocks 1-5)
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<milestone unit="block" n="1" />
<num value="6" >
ζ
</num>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<num value="5" >
<supplied reason="lost" >
ε
</supplied>
</num>
<milestone unit="block" n="2" />
<num value="5" >
ε
</num>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<num value="4" >
δ
</num>
<milestone unit="block" n="3" />
<num value="4" >
δ
</num>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<num value="3" >
γ
</num>
<milestone unit="block" n="4" />
<num value="3" >
γ
</num>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<num value="2" >
<supplied reason="lost" >
β
</supplied>
</num>
<milestone unit="block" n="5" />
<num value="2" >
β
</num>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<num value="1" >
α
</num>
<milestone unit="block" n="6" />
</ab>
<div type="textpart_block" n="1-5" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Ἀνδρήα
<space extent="2" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<milestone unit="block" n="2" />
Ζώιλος
<note>
sculpture
</note>
Τιμῆ
<milestone unit="block" n="3" />
ι
<note>
sculpture
</note>
Δῆμο
<supplied reason="lost" >
ς
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" n="4" />
Ζώιλος
<note>
heads
</note>
<milestone unit="block" n="5" />
Πόλις
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_face" n="B-D" >
<div type="textpart_block" n="7" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Αἰών
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_block" n="8" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Μνήμη
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_block" n="9" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Μείνω
<supplied reason="lost" >
ς
</supplied>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_block" n="12" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ζ
</supplied>
ώιλος
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_block" n="13" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
̣
<supplied reason="lost" >
ετή
</supplied>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_block" n="14" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Πίστις
</ab>
</div>
</div>

Translation:

A: Courage, Zoilos, Honour, The People, Zoilos, The City

B-D: 7: Eternity. 8. Memory. 9. Minos 10. Zoilos. 13. Virtue. 14. Faith

Commentary:

For commentary see R. R. R. Smith, op.cit.

Photographs:

9, Face (1980)
 9, Face (1980)
8, Face (1980)
 8, Face (1980)
14, Face (1989)
 14, Face (1989)

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