12.1006. Posthumous honours for Iason son of Menodotos
- Description:
- Large white marble statue base shaft, with shallow moulding along lower edge, broken in two: upper fragment H. 0.865 high, lower H. 1.12 high; W. 1.00 x D. 0.48. Chipped along the right side and at the break. On the top there is a large lewis hole and two square dowel holes on either side.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.025
- Date:
- Mid to late first century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Walls, West Gate: seen reused in the wall above the Gate by Reichel; found lying just west of the gate, broken in two, by Gaudin and subsequent visitors.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Reichel (R.I.4-5; Abklatsch); lower part recorded by Gaudin (135); both parts recorded by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition (SBI 100).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Kubitschek & Reichel, AAWW 1893, 100-101, no. 1; lines 16-31 published by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, REG 19, 1906, 98-100, no. 13; full text published by Wilhelm, from Reichel, JÖAI 28, 1933, 57-61; by Cormack from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 498, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 279; discussed Robert, AC 35, 1966, 392-394.
- Text constituted from:
- Publications; Reichel notebook; Gaudin's squeeze; Preliminary transcription (Reynolds) This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησαν [? vac. ]
- 2Ἰάσονα Μηνοδότου τοῦ Μενάνδρ[ου ? v. ]
- 3Πραβρέα ἄνδρα καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν γέ[νους]
- 4 πρώτου καὶ ἐνδοξοτάτου καὶ συνεκτ[ικό]-
- 5 τος τὴν πατρίδα γυμνασιαρχήσαντα̣ [καὶ]
- 6 στεφανηφορήσαντα μεγαλοψύχως κα̣[ὶ ἐν]
- 7 δόξως καὶ ἀρχιερατεύσαντα τῶν Σεβαστῶν̣ [καὶ]
- 8 ἀγωνοθετήσαντα δίς τετελειωκότα [δὲ καὶ]
- 9 ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τοῦ γραμματοφυλακίου [?σὺν]
- 10 καὶ Ἰουλίᾳ Παύλᾳ τῇ γυναικὶ τοῦ περ[ιστώ]-
- 11ου στοᾶς μεσημβρινῆς ἀπὸ θεμελίων τὸ [·· c. 4 ··]-
- 12κὸν πᾶν καὶ τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ οἶκον σὺν περιφλι[ώμασιν]
- 13 καὶ βιβλιοθήκαις καὶ τοῖς παρ′ αὐτὸν ἐργαστη[ρίοις]
- 14 διστέγοις δυσὶν καὶ στοᾶς ἀνατολικῆς ἀπὸ θ̣[εμε]-
- 15 λίων διάστυλα ὀκτὼ μετενηνοχότα δὲ [εἰς]
- 16 ταύτη ν̣ καὶ τῆς παλαιᾶς στοᾶς κατὰ τὸ γενόμ[ενον]
- 17 ψήφισμα διάσ τυλα ὀκτώ· καὶ στοᾶς δυσμικῆ[ς διά]-
- 18στυλον ἕν τοῖς τε κείοσιν̣ τῆς στοᾶς ταύτ[ης προσ]-
- 19επιτεθεικέναι τὰς κεφαλὰς πᾶσιν τά τε ἐπιστύ[λια]
- 20 καὶ ζωφόρους καὶ γείση τοῖς κείοσιν ἐπιτεθει [κέναι]
- 21 πᾶσιν κείοσίν τε αὐτῆς πεντε ἔχουσιν τοὺς̣ [·· c. 4 ··]-
- 22αίους μόνους ἐπιτεθεικέναι τοὺς λοιποὺ[ς σφον]-
- 23δύλους πάντας· τοῦ δὲ οἴκου τοῦ βορινοῦ [τῆς τε]
- 24ἐξέδρας τὰ λεί ποντα λευκόλ ιθα πεποιηκότ̣[α πάν]-
- 25τα σὺν ὀροφαῖς καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ κείοσιν καὶ β̣[ιβλιοθή]-
- 26καις καὶ τοῖς φυραμ ατικοῖς καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς πᾶ̣[σιν ἐρ]-
- 27γαστήριά τε σὺν τοῖς ἐν τῇ ἐξέδρᾳ τετελειωκ̣[ότα δέκα]
- 28 ἐννέα τὸ δὲ περίστωον ὅλον δεδοκῶσ[θαι καὶ]
- 29 κεκεραμῶσθαι καὶ ὠροφῶσθαι καὶ συντε[τελει]-
- 30 ῶσθαι ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ὑφ′ ἑαυτοῦ σὺν [καὶ τοῖς]
- 31 scroll ἐφεστῶσιν θυρώμασιν πᾶσιν vacat
- 31a vacat
- 32(Below, apparently a graffito) ΤΓΙΟΛ
- 32a vacat
- 1ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΝ[····]
- 2ΙΑΣΟΝΑΜΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΥΤΟΥΜΕΝΑΝΔΡ[·· ·]
- 3ΠΡΑΒΡΕΑΑΝΔΡΑΚΑΛΟΝΚΑΙΑΓΑΘΟΝΓΕ[····]
- 4ΠΡΩΤΟΥΚΑΙΕΝΔΟΞΟΤΑΤΟΥΚΑΙΣΥΝΕΚΤ[···]
- 5ΤΟΣΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙΔΑΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣΑΝΤ·[···]
- 6ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΗΣΑΝΤΑΜΕΓΑΛΟΨΥΧΩΣΚ·[···]
- 7ΔΟΞΩΣΚΑΙΑΡΧΙΕΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΑΤΩΝΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ·[···]
- 8ΑΓΩΝΟΘΕΤΗΣΑΝΤΑΔΙΣΤΕΤΕΛΕΙΩΚΟΤΑ[·····]
- 9ΕΚΤΩΝΙΔΙΩΝΤΟΥΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΥ[···]
- 10ΚΑΙΙΟΥΛΙΑΠΑΥΛΑΤΗΓΥΝΑΙΚΙΤΟΥΠΕΡ[····]
- 11ΟΥΣΤΟΑΣΜΕΣΗΜΒΡΙΝΗΣΑΠΟΘΕΜΕΛΙΩΝΤΟ[····]
- 12ΚΟΝΠΑΝΚΑΙΤΟΝΕΝΑΥΤΗΟΙΚΟΝΣΥΝΠΕΡΙΦΛΙ[······]
- 13ΚΑΙΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΑΙΣΚΑΙΤΟΙΣΠΑΡ′ΑΥΤΟΝΕΡΓΑΣΤΗ[·····]
- 14ΔΙΣΤΕΓΟΙΣΔΥΣΙΝΚΑΙΣΤΟΑΣΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΗΣΑΠΟ·[···]
- 15[····]ΔΙΑΣΤΥΛΑΟΚΤΩΜΕΤΕΝΗΝΟΧΟΤΑΔΕ[···]
- 16[·····]·ΚΑΙΤΗΣΠΑΛΑΙΑΣΣΤΟΑΣΚΑΤΑΤΟΓΕΝΟΜ[ΕΝΟΝ]
- 17[·······][····]ΤΥΛΑΟΚΤΩΚΑΙΣΤΟΑΣΔΥΣΜΙΚΗ[····]
- 18ΣΤΥΛΟΝΕΝΤΟΙΣΤΕΚΕΙΟΣΙ·[···][·····][····][······]
- 19ΕΠΙΤΕΘΕΙΚΕΝΑΙΤΑΣΚΕΦΑΛΑΣΠΑΣΙ[·][··][··][······][···]
- 20ΚΑΙΖΩΦΟΡΟΥΣΚΑΙΓΕΙΣΗΤΟΙΣΚΕΙΟΣΙΝΕΠΙ[·····][·····]
- 21ΠΑΣΙΝΚΕΙΟΣΙΝΤΕΑΥΤΗΣΠΕΝΤΕΕΧΟΥΣΙΝΤΟΥ·[····]
- 22ΑΙΟΥΣΜΟΝΟΥΣΕΠΙΤΕΘΕΙΚΕΝΑΙΤΟΥΣΛΟΙΠΟΥ[·····]
- 23ΔΥΛΟΥΣΠΑΝΤΑΣΤΟΥΔΕΟΙΚΟΥΤΟΥΒΟΡΙΝΟΥ[·····]
- 24ΕΞΕΔΡΑΣΤΑΛΕΙ[·····]ΛΕΥ[···]ΙΘΑΠΕΠΟΙΗΚΟ·[····]
- 25ΤΑΣΥΝΟΡΟΦΑΙΣΚΑΙΤΟΙΣΕΝΤΩΟΙΚΩΚΕΙΟΣΙΝΚΑΙ·[·······]
- 26ΚΑΙΣΚΑΙΤΟΙΣΦΥ[···]ΑΤΙΚΟΙΣΚΑΙΤΟΙΣΛΟΙΠΟΙΣΠ·[·····]
- 27ΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑΤΕΣΥΝΤΟΙΣΕΝΤΗΕΞΕΔΡΑΤΕΤΕΛΕΙΩ·[·······]
- 28ΕΝΝΕΑΤΟΔΕΠΕΡΙΣΤΩΟΝΟΛΟΝΔΕΔΟΚΩΣ[······]
- 29ΚΕΚΕΡΑΜΩΣΘΑΙΚΑΙΩΡΟΦΩΣΘΑΙΚΑΙΣΥΝΤΕ[·····]
- 30ΩΣΘΑΙΕΚΤΩΝΙΔΙΩΝΥΦ′ΕΑΥΤΟΥΣΥΝ[·······]
- 31 scroll ΕΦΕΣΤΩΣΙΝΘΥΡΩΜΑΣΙΝΠΑΣΙΝ
- 31a vacat
- 32(Below, apparently a graffito)ΤΓΙΟΛ
- 32a vacat
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unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="31a"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="vertical"
/>
<lb
n="32"
/>
<note>
Below, apparently a graffito
</note>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
τγιολ
</orig>
<lb
n="32a"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="vertical"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
The highlighted letters were read on the stone by Reichel, when it was still intact; some could still be read in 1904, but had disappeared by 1934, since when there has only been minor damage.
l. 1, [Μ. Αὐρ.] K&R, Cormack; [? vac. ] Wilhelm
l. 2, Μενάνδρ[ου τοῦ] K&R, Cormack
l. 9, [ἅμα K&R, σὺν] Cormack
ll. 11-12, [λιθι]|κὸν Cormack [δυσμι]|κὸν Wilhelm' [λίθι]|νον Robert
l. 12, περιφαν[είαις] K&R; περιφλι[ώμασιν] Wilhelm, Cormack
l.18, κείοσι previous editions; κείοσιν from Gaudin squeeze
l.22, [·· c. 4 ··]|νους K&R; [θρά]|νους Wilhelm, Cormack; but [·· c. 4 ··]|ΑΙΟΥΣ is definitely the reading on the stone
l.25, at end: the Β could be an Η: and the restoration seems too long
l.28, at end; after the Σ, the Gaudin squeeze seems to show un upper and a lower horizontal
- Translation:
- No translation yet (2007).
- Commentary:
- No commentary yet (2007).
Photographs:
- Face (1973)
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- Face (1990)
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- Face (1990)
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- Top (2001)
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Representations:
- Reichel notebook I, 4
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- Reichel notebook I, 5
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- Gaudin squeeze
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- Gaudin squeeze
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