12.311. Funerary inscription and honours for Attalos son of Attalos
- Description:
- White marble block chipped along the upper edge and still partly buried (visible W. 1.13 xH. 0.38 x W. 0.62).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Early, probably I A.D.; ave. 0.018. pi with a short second upright; rho with a small stroke from the lower junction of the bowll with the upright; serifs small and not invariably used; lineation uneven.
- Date:
- First century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- built face-upwards into Walls, East (south part), south of the entrance to the site, near 12.328, 12.320 (=MAMA 428, 556b).
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1975)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 133).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ὁ δῆμος ἔθαψεν̣ [Ἄτ]-
- 2ταλον Ἀττάλου [τοῦ]
- 3 Ἀττάλου τοῦ Ἑρμολά-
- 4ου παῖδα τὴν ἡλικίαν
- 5 καὶ ἐστεφάνωσεν χρυ-
- 6σῷ στεφάνωι vac.
- 6a vac.
- 1ΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΘΑΨΕ·[··]
- 2ΤΑΛΟΝΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ[···]
- 3ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥΤΟΥΕΡΜΟΛΑ
- 4ΟΥΠΑΙΔΑΤΗΝΗΛΙΚΙΑΝ
- 5ΚΑΙΕΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΣΕΝΧΡΥ
- 6ΣΩΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΙ
- 6a
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ὁ
δῆμος
ἔθαψε
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ν
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Ἄτ
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ταλον
Ἀττάλου
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τοῦ
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Ἀττάλου
τοῦ
Ἑρμολά
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ου
παῖδα
τὴν
ἡλικίαν
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καὶ
ἐστεφάνωσεν
χρυ
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σῷ
στεφάνωι
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Translation:
The People buried Attalos son of Attalos son of Attalos son of Hermolaos, a boy in age-group, and crowned him with a gold crown.
Commentary:
The honorand was from a family of the civic aristocracy. The text also attests a formal organisation of children, and the civic practice of honours for the children of the prominent
Photographs:
- Face (1975)
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