12.639. Honours for Marcus Aurelius [...]nus son of Artemon
- Description:
- Statue base of tapering white marble statue base shaft, damaged above but substantially reconstructed from fragments (W. 0.465–W. 0.425 × H. 1.17 × D. 0.44).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- 0.017; apices on Ρ and Α in l. 1; ligatured ΗΝ in ll. 3, 10, ΤΗ in ll. 4, 7, 8, ΗΜ in l. 5.
- Date:
- Probably third century A.D. (lettering; nomenclature).
- Findspot:
- Walls, South (east part), in the excavation area
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (76.96, SBI 28).
- Bibliography:
- Published in Erim-Reynolds, 'Sculptors' no.19, whence SEG 40 1990.942
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1991).
- 1[Μ]ᾶρκον Αὐρήλιον̣ [···]
- 2[·]νον Ἀρ̣τέμωνος τοῦ̣
- 3[Κ]αλλικλέους ἐπίκλην
- 4Κωλώτην ἀγαλμα⌜τ⌝οποι̣-
- 5ὸν ζήσαντα ἐδημόνως
- 6κ̣αὶ σωφρόνως πρὸς ὑπό -
- 7δειγμα ἀρετῆς scroll
- 7a vacat
- 8 τὴν δὲ ἀνάστασιν τοῦ
- 9 ἀνδρείαντος ἐποιήσατο
- 10 leaf Ζηνᾶς ὁ ὑειὸς αὐτοῦ leaf
- 1[·]ΑΡΚΟΝΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ·[···]
- 2[·]ΝΟΝΑ·ΤΕΜΩΝΟΣΤΟ·
- 3[·]ΑΛΛΙΚΛΕΟΥΣΕΠΙΚΛΗΝ
- 4ΚΩΛΩΤΗΝΑΓΑΛΜΑΓΟΠΟ·
- 5ΟΝΖΗΣΑΝΤΑΕΔΗΜΟΝΩΣ
- 6·ΑΙΣΩΦΡΟΝΩΣΠΡΟΣΥΠΟ
- 7ΔΕΙΓΜΑΑΡΕΤΗΣ scroll
- 7a vacat
- 8ΤΗΝΔΕΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΝΤΟΥ
- 9ΑΝΔΡΕΙΑΝΤΟΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΟ
- 10 leaf ΖΗΝΑΣΟΥΕΙΟΣΑΥΤΟΥ leaf
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Μ
</supplied>
ᾶρκον
Αὐρήλιο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
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<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
νον
Ἀ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ρ
</unclear>
τέμωνος
το
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ῦ
</unclear>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Κ
</supplied>
αλλικλέους
ἐπίκλην
<lb
n="4"
/>
Κωλώτην
ἀγαλμα
<choice>
type="correction"
<sic
>
γ
</sic>
<corr>
</choice>
τ
</corr>
οπο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ι
</unclear>
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
ὸν
ζήσαντα
ἐδημόνως
<lb
n="6"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
κ
</unclear>
αὶ
σωφρόνως
πρὸς
ὑπό
<lb
n="7"
type="worddiv"
/>
δειγμα
ἀρετῆς
<g
type="scroll"
/>
<lb
n="7a"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="8"
/>
τὴν
δὲ
ἀνάστασιν
τοῦ
<lb
n="9"
/>
ἀνδρείαντος
ἐποιήσατο
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n="10"
/>
<g
type="leaf"
/>
Ζηνᾶς
ὁ
<orig
>
ὑειὸς
</orig>
αὐτοῦ
<g
type="leaf"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
l. 4, Τ executed as a Γ.
Translation:
(Statue of) Marcus Aurelius [·· ? ··]nus, son of Artemon son of Kallikles, surnamed "Gecko", sculptor; he lived with modesty and self-control, giving an example of virtue. The erection of the statue was the action of Zenas, his son.
Commentary:
See Erim-Reynolds, loc. cit.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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