12.302. Building inscription, ?late Hellenistic
- Description:
- Right end fragment of a white marble architrave block (W. 0.73 × H. 0.48 × D. 0.30). The fasciae have a drafted edge above, below, and at the end of the block; a moulding above has been chipped away for re-use.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the two fasciae; the lettering impinges on the drafting.
- Letters:
- 0.09-0.10.
- Date:
- Early first century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Walls, East (south part): re-used in the stretch east of the Museum
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Reichel (RI.15); recorded by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 530, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 365.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds), publications. This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ·· ἐ]κ τῶν ἰδίω|[ν ·· ? ··]
- 2 [·· ? ·· ?τὴν ἐπι]μέλειαν | [?ποιησαμένου ·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ·]ΚΤΩΝΙΔΙΩ[· - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ······]ΜΕΛΕΙΑΝ[··········· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐ
</supplied>
κ
τῶν
ἰδίω
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ν
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
τὴν
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐπι
</supplied>
μέλειαν
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ποιησαμένου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
Reichel did not see ΙΩ in line one, or Ν in line 2, suggesting that the stone was buried at the right end
Translation:
[·· ? ··] from his/their funds [·· ? ·· undertook the] ?supervision [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
The construction cannot be identified at present
Photographs:
- Face (1973)
-
Representations:
- Reichel, notebook I, 15
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