12.623. Honours for M. Valerius Epaphrodeitos, singer to the kithara

Description:: White marble statue base shaft without moulding (H. 1.24 x W. 0.63-0.61 x D. 0.65)
Text:: Inscribed on the face
Letters:: standard second-/third-century forms, 0.025; ligatures, ΚΗΝ (l.6) ΗΝ (l.7).
Date:: Second to third centuries A.D. (terminology, lettering)
Findspot:: Walls, South (east part): copied by William Sherard on the southern stretch of the city walls. Seen by Kubitschek and Reichel reused in an oil-press at Karaçasu, with the last two lines and the right edge lost (K III page a; Abklatsch 84).
Original Location:: Unknown.
Last recorded location:: Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1976 at one end of the old bridge in the town of Karaçasu; the lower part of the stone had been cut and shaped to form a Turkish tombstone. At some time after 1976 it was removed, during rebuilding of the bridge, and we have not succeeded in tracing it.
History of discovery:: Copied by William Sherard in 1705 (BM MS Add. 10101 f. 37); by Kubitschek (KIII, 1), on which see J. M. R. Cormack, The Inscribed Monuments of Aphrodisias, 13; by the NYU expedition in 1976.
Bibliography:: Published by Boeckh, from Sherard, CIG 2813, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias; by Roueché, PPA 68.
Text constituted from:: Notebooks; transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).

1[?ἡ βουλὴ ?καὶ ?ὁ δῆμος]

2 καὶ ἡ γερουσία

3 ἐτείμησαν

4 Μᾶρκον Οὐαλέριον

5 Ἐπαφρόδε ιτον

6 γένει καὶ παι-

7δείᾳ διαφέρον-

8τα κιθαρῳδ ὸν ἱ-

9ερονείκην πλει-

10στονείκην παρά-

11δοξον υἱὸν Μάρ-

12κου Οὐαλερίου

13 Ναρκίσσου πο-

14λείτου καὶ βο υ

15 λευτοῦ ἀπὸ π ρο-

16γόνων καὶ ἐν̣

17 πολλ οῖς τὴν π α-

18τρίδ α εὐεργε

19 τοῦντος

20 τὴν δὲ ἀνάστασ-

21 ιν τοῦ ἀνδρι άν-

22 τος πεποιῆσθαι

23 Οὐαλέριον Νάρκισ -

24 σον τὸν πατέρα stop leaf

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4[···]ΚΟΝΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΟΝ

5ΕΠΑΦΡΟΔΕ[····]

6ΓΕΝΕΙΚΑΙΠ[··]

7ΔΕΙΑΔΙΑΦΕ[···]

8ΤΑΚΙΘΑΡΩΔ[··][·]

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10ΣΤΟΝΕΙΚΗΝΠ[···]

11ΔΟΞΟΝΥΙΟΝ[···]

12ΚΟΥΟΥΑΛΕΡΙ[··]

13ΝΑΡΚΙΣΣΟΥΠ[·]

14ΛΕΙΤΟΥΚΑΙΒΟ[·]

15ΛΕΥΤΟΥΑΠΟΠ[··]

16ΓΟΝΩΝΚΑΙΕ·

17ΠΟΛΛ[·]ΙΣΤΗΝΠ[·]

18ΤΡΙΔ[·]ΕΥΕΡΓΕ

19ΤΟΥΝΤΟΣ

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22[···]ΠΕΠΟΙΗΣΘ[··]

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ἡ βουλὴ

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καὶ

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ὁ δῆμος

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καὶ

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ἡ

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γερουσία

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ἐτείμησαν

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Μᾶρ

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κον

Οὐαλέριον

Ἐπαφρόδε

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ιτον

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γένει

καὶ

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αι

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δείᾳ

διαφέ

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ρον

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τα

κιθαρῳδ

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ὸν

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ἱ

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ερονείκην

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λει

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στονείκην

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αρά

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δοξον

υἱὸν

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Μάρ

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κου

Οὐαλερί

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ου

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</app>

Ναρκίσσου

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</app>

λείτου

καὶ

βο

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</app>

λευτοῦ

ἀπὸ

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ρο

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γόνων

καὶ

ἐ

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πολλ

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</app>

ῖς

τὴν

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τρίδ

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εὐεργε

τοῦντος

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τὴν

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δὲ

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</rdg>

ἀνάστασ

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</rdg>

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τοῦ

ἀνδρι

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άν

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</app>

</rdg>

τος

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</app>

πεποιῆσθ

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αι

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</app>

</rdg>

Οὐαλέριον

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Νάρκισ

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σον

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τὸν

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πατέρα

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</app>

</ab>

Apparatus

The letters recorded by Sherard, but not by us, are highlighted.

l. 11, ΔΩΞΟΝ Sherard, ΔΟΞΟΝ CIG, lapis.

l. 15, ΛΕΙΤΟΥ Sherard, ΛΕΥΤΟΥ lapis.

In ll.18-19 and 20-1 Sherard recorded the line divisions incorrectly.

Translation:

[?The Council and the People] and the Gerousia honoured Marcus Valerius Epaphrodeitos, distinguished by birth and by education, singer to the kithara, sacred victor, multiple victor, extraordinary, son of Marcus Valerius Narkissos, a citizen and a councillor by descent, who has also benefited his fatherland in many ways.

(?It was agreed that) the statue be set up by Valerius Narkissos, the father.