12.641. Honours for Caracalla

Description:
Plain white marble statue base shaft chipped on all edges (W. 0.58 × H. 1.31 x D. c. 0.49).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
ll. 1-12, 0.045-0.05; ll. 13-14, 0.025. Ligatures: ΝΝ, l.8.
Date:
A.D. 210-217 (reign, nomenclature).
Findspot:
Walls, South (east part): excavation on inner side of S. wall, trench 1; reused.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1975 (75.326; SBI 35)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 Αὐ̣τοκράτορα
2Καίσαρα Μᾶρ -
3κον Αὐρήλιον
4 v. Σεουῆρον v.
5Ἀντωνεῖνον
6Εὐσεβῆ Σε-
7βαστὸν Βρε-
8ταννικὸν Μέ-
9γιστον ὁ δῆ-
10μος ἐξ ἀπο-
11λείψεως Φλα-
12βίου Ἀττάλου
12a       vacat
13ἐπιμεληθέντος stop Μάρ(κου) stop Αὐρ(ηλίου)
14 Χρησίμου τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου
1Α·ΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ
2ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑΜΑΡ
3ΚΟΝΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΝ
4 ΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΝ 
5ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΝ
6ΕΥΣΕΒΗΣΕ
7ΒΑΣΤΟΝΒΡΕ
8ΤΑΝΝΙΚΟΝΜΕ
9ΓΙΣΤΟΝΟΔΗ
10ΜΟΣΕΞΑΠΟ
11ΛΕΙΨΕΩΣΦΛΑ
12ΒΙΟΥΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ
12a       vacat
13ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΟΣ stop ΜΑΡ stop ΑΥΡ
14ΧΡΗΣΙΜΟΥΤΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Α
<unclear reason="damage" >
ὐ
</unclear>
τοκράτορα
<lb n="2" />
Καίσαρα
Μᾶρ
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
κον
Αὐρήλιον
<lb n="4" />
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
Σεουῆρον
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="5" />
Ἀντωνεῖνον
<lb n="6" />
Εὐσεβῆ
Σε
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
βαστὸν
Βρε
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
τα
νν
ικὸν
Μέ
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
γιστον
ὁ
δῆ
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
μος
ἐξ
ἀπο
<lb n="11" type="worddiv" />
λείψεως
Φλα
<lb n="12" type="worddiv" />
βίου
Ἀττάλου
<lb n="12a" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="vertical" />
<lb n="13" />
ἐπιμεληθέντος
<g type="stop" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Μάρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
κου
</supplied>
</expan>
<g type="stop" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ηλίου
</supplied>
</expan>
<lb n="14" />
Χρησίμου
τοῦ
Ἀπολλωνίου
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, first two letters damaged; Α is clearly legible but Υ is not.

l. 14, the final Υ is tall.

Translation:

Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Pius Augustus, Britannicus Maximus. The People (put up his statue) from the bequest of Flavius Attalos. Marcus Aurelius Chresimos, son of Apollonios, undertook (care of the erection).

Commentary:

This text must have accompanied a statue of Caracalla, whose name included the element Britannicus from 210 A.D.

Another statue of Julia Domna (12.642=MAMA 452) which is a pair to this, was found in the same area; a further statue of Caracalla (12.326=MAMA 451) was set up from the same bequest.

The epimelete is not otherwise known at present.

Photographs:

Face (1976)
 Face (1976)
Face (1977)
 Face (1977)
Face (2001)
 Face (2001)

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