12.903. Building inscription of Artemidoros Muon
- Description:
- White marble architrave block; fragment (W. 0.83 × H. 0.45 × depth not recorded) survives.
- Text:
- Inscribed on two fasciae.
- Letters:
- 0.095
- Date:
- Late first century B.C. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Walls, West: on central stretch of west wall, south of 12.911 (=MAMA 419).
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Sherard in 1705, (10101, 39); fragment recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Boeckh from Sherard, CIG 2754, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 80; reference at A&R 150, no.5.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds); publications. This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··] τὸ πρόδομον Ἀρτεμίδω̣ρος Μύ[?ωνος ·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ·· Ἀ]πολλών<ι>ος Ἀρτεμιδώ̣ρου οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτο[ῦ ·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΤΟΠΡΟΔΟΜΟΝΑΡΤΕΜΙΔ·ΡΟΣΜΥ[···· - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ·]ΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣΑΡΤΕΜΙΔ·ΡΟΥΟΙΥΙΟΙΑΥΤΟ[· - - - ]
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<lb
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<gap
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τὸ
πρόδομον
Ἀρτεμί
δ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ω
</unclear>
ρος
Μ
ύ
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ωνος
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ἀ
</supplied>
πολλών
<supplied
reason="omitted"
>
ι
</supplied>
ος
Ἀρτεμιδ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ώ
</unclear>
ρο
υ
οἱ
υἱοὶ
αὐ
το
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ῦ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
Highlighted letters on the fragment recorded in 1975.
l.1, ΟΡΟΣ Sherard
l.2, ΟΡΟ̣Υ Sherard; ΟΡΟ̣Ν Boeckh
Translation:
. . . ]the ?porch; Artemidoros son of Mu[on ? . . . and ? son of Artemidoros . . and] Apollonios son of Artemidoros, his sons [ . . .
Commentary:
For the possibility that this structure should be associated with the Temple of Aphrodite see Reynolds, 'Inscriptions and the Building of the Temple', Aphrodisias Papers (Ann Arbor, 1990), 37-40, 39.
For the terminology, see word index.
Photographs:
- Right end fragment (1975)
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- Right end fragment (1994)
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