Description:
White marble block, complete, but with the surface broken away to left and below (W. 1.56 × H. 0.51 × D. 0.60).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.02-0.025
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Walls, East (south part): east of village, inner face, near 12.328, 12.314 (=MAMA 428, 449)
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1974)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the MAMA expedition in 1934; by the NYU expedition in 1973.
Bibliography:
Cormack, from the MAMA records, no. 407, whence L. Robert, Hellenica 13, 229 (ll. 15-17), McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 13
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publication. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
1[ἔδ]οξεν τῇ βουλῇ γν̣[ώμη]
2[στ]ρατηγῶν καὶ γραμματέ̣[ω]ς̣
3[δή]μου Δημέου τοῦ Μενε-
4[κρά]του vv. ἐπεὶ Ἀπφιὰς Τιμο-
5[θέ]ου τῶν πολιτίδων
6[γυ]νὴ δὲ Ἀγελάου τοῦ Με-
7[νε]σθέως τὰ νῦν μετήλλα-
8[κχε] τὸν βίον v. δεδόχθαι ἐ-
9[πῃν]ῆ̣σθαι αὐτὴν καὶ μετηλ-
10[λακ]χ̣υῖαν καὶ ἐπικηδεῦσαι
11[δημ]οσίᾳ καὶ ἐσστεφανῶσ-
12[θαι ὑ]πὸ τοῦ δήμου χρυσῷ
13[στεφ]άνῳ ζήσασαν εὐτά-
14[κτως κ]α̣ὶ̣ κοσμίως καὶ ἐνα-
15[ρέτως παρηγ]ορ̣[ῆσθαι δὲ]
15a[καὶ Ἀγέλαον Μενεσθέως
15b[τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς]
1[··]ΟΞΕΝΤΗΒΟΥΛΗΓ·[···]
2[··]ΡΑΤΗΓΩΝΚΑΙΓΡΑΜΜΑΤ·[·]·
3[··]ΜΟΥΔΗΜΕΟΥΤΟΥΜΕΝΕ
4[···]ΤΟΥ  ΕΠΕΙΑΠΦΙΑΣΤΙΜΟ
5[··]ΟΥΤΩΝΠΟΛΙΤΙΔΩΝ
6[··]ΝΗΔΕΑΓΕΛΑΟΥΤΟΥΜΕ
7[··]ΣΘΕΩΣΤΑΝΥΝΜΕΤΗΛΛΑ
8[···]ΤΟΝΒΙΟΝ ΔΕΔΟΧΘΑΙΕ
9[···]·ΣΘΑΙΑΥΤΗΝΚΑΙΜΕΤΗΛ
10[···]·ΥΙΑΝΚΑΙΕΠΙΚΗΔΕΥΣΑΙ
11[···]ΟΣΙΑΚΑΙΕΣΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΣ
12[····]ΠΟΤΟΥΔΗΜΟΥΧΡΥΣΩ
13[····]ΑΝΩΖΗΣΑΣΑΝΕΥΤΑ
14[·····]··ΚΟΣΜΙΩΣΚΑΙΕΝΑ
15[··········]Ο·[·······]
15a[···················
15b[·············]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἔδ
</supplied>
οξεν
τῇ
βουλῇ
γ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ώμη
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
στ
</supplied>
ρατηγῶν
καὶ
γραμματ
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ω
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ς
</unclear>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
δή
</supplied>
μου
Δημέου
τοῦ
Μενε
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κρά
</supplied>
του
<space extent="2" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
ἐπεὶ
Ἀπφιὰς
Τιμο
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
θέ
</supplied>
ου
τῶν
πολιτίδων
<lb n="6" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
γυ
</supplied>
νὴ
δὲ
Ἀγελάου
τοῦ
Με
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
νε
</supplied>
σθέως
τὰ
νῦν
μετήλλα
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κχε
</supplied>
τὸν
βίον
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
δεδόχθαι
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
πῃν
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
σθαι
αὐτὴν
καὶ
μετηλ
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
λακ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
χ
</unclear>
υῖαν
καὶ
ἐπικηδεῦσαι
<lb n="11" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
δημ
</supplied>
οσίᾳ
καὶ
ἐσστεφανῶσ
<lb n="12" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
θαι
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
πὸ
τοῦ
δήμου
χρυσῷ
<lb n="13" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
στεφ
</supplied>
άνῳ
ζήσασαν
εὐτά
<lb n="14" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κτως
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
κ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
αὶ
</unclear>
κοσμίως
καὶ
ἐνα
<lb n="15" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρέτως
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
παρηγ
</supplied>
ο
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ῆσθαι
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δὲ
</supplied>
<lb n="15a" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἀγέλαον
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Μενεσθέως
</supplied>
<lb n="15b" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἄνδρα
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
αὐτῆς
</supplied>
</ab>

Apparatus

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Translation:
No translation yet (2007).
Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).

Photographs:

Face (1973)
 Face (1973)

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