12.326. Honours for emperor Caracalla

Description:
White marble statue base shaft, without moulding (W. 0.57 × H. 1.14 × D. 0.56). The stone is complete; the text must have begun on a crowning feature.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
ll.1-11, 0.025; ll.12 following, 0.02.
Date:
A.D. 198-210 (Caracalla's reign)
Findspot:
Walls, East (south part), on the inner face, just north of the South-east gate, near 12.325 , 12.317
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1973)
History of discovery:
Copied by Deering (f.3v, no. 14); copied by Waddington; recorded by K&R (squeeze); recorded by Gaudin (44); recorded by the MAMA expedition; recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Leake, from Deering, no. 4; by Waddington, LBW 1623; by Reinach, from Gaudin, no. 21; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, 451, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 208.
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); Deering; publications This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
0a [αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα]
0b [Μᾶρκον Αὐρήλιον]
0c [Σεουῆρον]
1Ἀντωνεῖνον Σεβασ-
2τὸν μέγιστον υἱὸν
3τοῦ μεγίστου καὶ θε[ι]-
4οτάτου αὐτοκράτορος
5Καίσαρος Λουκίου Σε-
6πτιμίου Σεουήρου
7Περτίνακος Σεβασ-
8τοῦ εὐσεβοῦς Ἀραβ[ι]-
9 v. κοῦ Ἀδιαβηνικοῦ
10 vac. Παρθικοῦ vac.
11 vv. ὁ δῆμος vac.
12 ἐξ ἀπολείψεως v.
13 Φλαβίου Ἀττάλου star
14 v. ἐπιμεληθέντων
15Ἀμμιανοῦ τοῦ Παπίου γ´
16τοῦ Μαρίωνος Παπίου
17καὶ Ἐπαφροδείτου υἱοῦ
18Μ(άρκου) Ἀν(τωνείνου) Ἐπαφροδείτου κα̣ὶ
19Παπίου γ´ τοῦ Διογένους
20καὶ Καλλιμόρφου δὶς τοῦ
21 vac. Ἀρτεμιδώρου καὶ
22Μενάνδρου δὶς τοῦ Κρα-
23 vac. τέρου ἀρχόντων
0a[··················]
0b[··············]
0c[········]
1ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΝΣΕΒ[··]
2ΤΟΝΜΕΓΙΣΤΟΝΥΙΟΝ
3ΤΟΥΜΕΓΙΣΤΟΥΚΑΙΘΕ[·]
4ΟΤΑΤΟΥΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ
5ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣΛΟΥΚΙΟΥΣΕ
6ΠΤΙΜΙΟΥΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΥ
7ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑΚΟΣΣΕΒΑΣ
8ΤΟΥΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣΑΡΑΒ[·]
9 ΚΟΥΑΔΙΑΒΗΝΙΚΟΥ
10   ΠΑΡΘΙΚΟΥ   
11  ΟΔΗΜΟΣ    
12ΕΞΑΠΟΛΕΙΨΕΩΣ 
13ΦΛΑΒΙΟΥΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ star
14 ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΩΝ
15ΑΜΜΙΑΝΟΥΤΟΥΠΑΠΙΟΥ[·]
16ΤΟΥΜΑΡΙΩΝΟΣΠΑΠΙΟΥ
17ΚΑΙΕΠΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΥΥΙΟΥ
18ΜΑΝΕΠΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΥΚ·[·]
19ΠΑΠΙΟΥΓΤΟΥΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥ[·]
20ΚΑΙΚΑΛΛΙΜΟΡΦΟΥΔΙΣΤΟΥ
21   ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥΚΑΙ
22ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥΔΙΣΤΟΥΚΡΑ
23   ΤΕΡΟΥΑΡΧΟΝΤΩΝ
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αὐτοκράτορα
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Καίσαρα
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Μᾶρκον
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Αὐρήλιον
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Σεουῆρον
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Ἀντωνεῖνον
Σεβ
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ασ
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τὸν
μέγιστον
υἱὸν
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τοῦ
μεγίστου
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ι
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οτάτου
αὐτοκράτορος
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Καίσαρος
Λουκίου
Σε
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πτιμίου
Σεουήρου
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Περτίνακος
Σεβασ
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τοῦ
εὐσεβοῦς
Ἀραβ
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ι
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<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
κοῦ
Ἀδιαβηνικοῦ
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Παρθικοῦ
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ὁ
δῆμος
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ἐξ
ἀπολείψεως
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<lb n="13" />
Φλαβίου
Ἀττάλου
<g type="star" />
<lb n="14" />
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
ἐπιμεληθέντων
<lb n="15" />
Ἀμμιανοῦ
τοῦ
Παπίου
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="previous" >
<num value="3" >
γ
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</rdg>
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
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<lb n="16" />
τοῦ
Μαρίωνος
Παπίου
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καὶ
Ἐπαφροδείτου
υἱοῦ
<lb n="18" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Μ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
άρκου
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Ἀν
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
τωνείνου
</supplied>
</expan>
Ἐπαφροδείτου
κ
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="previous" >
ὶ
</rdg>
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
</app>
<lb n="19" />
Παπίου
<num value="3" >
γ
</num>
τοῦ
Διογένου
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<rdg resp="previous" >
ς
</rdg>
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
</app>
<lb n="20" />
καὶ
Καλλιμόρφου
δὶς
τοῦ
<lb n="21" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
Ἀρτεμιδώρου
καὶ
<lb n="22" />
Μενάνδρου
δὶς
τοῦ
Κρα
<lb n="23" type="worddiv" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
τέρου
ἀρχόντων
</ab>

Apparatus

Letters highlighted were read by earlier copyists, but not by us.

Translation:

[Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus] Antoninus Augustus, the greatest, son of the greatest and most divine Imperator Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus Pius, conqueror of the Arabs, conqueror of the Adiabenes, conqueror of the Parthians: the People (put up his statue) from the bequest of Flavius Attalos. The magistrates Ammianos son of Papias the son of Papias, the son of Marion Papias, and Epaphroditos, son of Marcus Antonius Epaphroditos, and Papias, (son of Papias, son of Papias) the son of Diogenes, and Kallimorphos son of Kallimorphos the son of Artemidoros, and Menandros, son of Menandros, the son of Krateros, took responsibility.

Commentary:

Another statue of Caracalla (12.641), and one of Julia Domna (12.642), were set up from the same bequest.

Photographs:

Face (1973)
 Face (1973)

Representations:

Deering notebook, page 3v
 Deering notebook, page 3v

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