11.408. Honours for anonymous
- Description:
- Fragment from a white marble statue base capital (H. H. 0.22, W. W. 0.60, D. D. 0.76) with moulding on at least 3 sides. Reichel describes it as 'Pilasterkapitell', but the measurements do no bear this out.
- Text:
- Inscribed on two fasciae of the moulding.
- Letters:
- Standard second to third century forms; 0.02. Ligature: ΗΜ, l.2
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- City, South-west: 'Südmauer innen, im Felde'
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1893)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by Reichel (R. i.40; Abklatsch 57); not reported subsequently.
- Bibliography:
- Published from Reichel's copy by Cormack, ABSA 59 (1964), 43, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 377 .
- Text constituted from:
- Notebook; publications. This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμο̣[ς ·· ? ··]
- 2 ἐτείμησαν ταῖς καλ[λίσταις τειμαῖς ·· ? ··]
- 1ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜ·[· - - - ]
- 2ΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΝΤΑΙΣΚΑΛ[·············· - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἡ
βουλὴ
καὶ
ὁ
δῆμ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ς
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
ἐτείμησαν
ταῖς
καλ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
λίσταις
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τειμαῖς
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
The Council and the People [ ? and ....] honoured with the finest [ honours] [...]
Commentary:
The opening formula of an honorific text.
Photographs:
- Reichel I, 40
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