Description:
White marble masonry block (W. 0.98 × H. 0.76 × D. 0.39) damaged at the upper right and lower left corners, and along all edges.
Text:
Inscribed on the exposed face; from a composite monument, in which the inscription continued on a block to the right, and the lower parts of the letters in l.14 were cut on the block below.
Letters:
0.035; ligatures: NH, l4, TH ll. 8, 10, 11, 12. Small circles to mark abbreviations and stops.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Walls, West Gate: fallen outside the west Gate
Original Location:
Necropolis
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1990)
History of discovery:
Copied by Kubitschek (KIII.4, Abklatsch 85); recorded by Gaudin (103); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition
Bibliography:
Published by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, REG 19, 1906, 263-264, no. 157; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 579, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 410
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcriptions (Beard, Reynolds); publications; Kubitschek. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
1 [ὁ πλ]άτας stop καὶ ὁ β[ωμὸς καὶ ·· ? ·· εἰ]-
2σιν Ποπλίου Α[ἰλίου Αὐρηλίου ·· ? ·· κα]-
3τασκευασθέντα [·· ? ··?καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις]
4 αὐτοῦ stop ἐν ᾗ σορῷ [κε]κή[δευται ὁ υἱὸς Πόπλιος]
5 Αἴλιος stop Αὐρήλιος [·] κα[ὶ ·· ? ·· κηδευθήσεται]
6 δὲ καὶ Πό(πλιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀ[·· ? ·· ἕτερος δὲ οὐ]-
7[δεὶ]ς ἕξει ἐξουσίαν [ἐνθάψαι ?εἰς αὐτήν τινα ἢ ἐκθάψαι]
8 ἀπὸ αὐτῆς stop ἐπεὶ ὁ το[λμήσας ?τι τούτων ἔσται ἀσεβὴς]
9 καὶ ἐπάρατος καὶ τυ[μβωρύχος καὶ προσαποτείσει θε]-
10ῷ Ἀφροδείτῃ (δηνάρια) stop μύ(ρια) ε´ τ[οῖς δὲ κατὰ καιρὸν νεοποιοῖς]
11 χρυσοφόροις τῆς θεο[ῦ (δηνάρια) ·· c. 20 ·· τῆς]
12 ἐπιγραφῆς ταύτης ἀ[πετέθη ἀντίγραφον εἰς τὸ χρεο]-
13φυλάκιον ἐπὶ στεφ[ανηφόρου τὸ β´ Ἀττάλου υἱοῦ]
14 vac. scroll Μενάν[δρου [μηνὸς ·· c. 5 ··]
1[···]ΑΤΑΣ stop ΚΑΙΟΒ[······· - - - ··]
2ΣΙΝΠΟΠΛΙΟΥΑ[············· - - - ··]
3ΤΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΘΕΝΤΑ[ - - - ··············]
4ΑΥΤΟΥ stop ΕΝΗΣΟΡΩ[··]ΚΗ[······ ············]
5ΑΙΛΙΟΣ stop ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣ[·]ΚΑ[· - - - ············]
6ΔΕΚΑΙΠΟΑΙΛΑΥΡΑ[ - - - ··········]
7[···]ΣΕΞΕΙΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝ[···················· ·······]
8ΑΠΟΑΥΤΗΣ stop ΕΠΕΙΟΤΟ[······ ···················]
9ΚΑΙΕΠΑΡΑΤΟΣΚΑΙΤΥ[········ ··················]
10ΩΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗ denarius stop ΜΥΕΤ[··· ·····················]
11ΧΡΥΣΟΦΟΡΟΙΣΤΗΣΘΕΟ[········ ·······················]
12ΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΗΣΤΑΥΤΗΣΑ[······ ···················]
13ΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝΕΠΙΣΤΕΦ[········ ··············]
14    scroll ΜΕΝΑΝ[····[····· ·····]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
πλ
</supplied>
άτας
<g type="stop" />
καὶ
β
<supplied reason="lost" >
ωμὸς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰ
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
σιν
Ποπλίου
Α
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἰλίου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Αὐρηλίου
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κα
</supplied>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
τασκευασθέντα
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοῖς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τέκνοις
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
αὐτοῦ
<g type="stop" />
ἐν
σορῷ
<supplied reason="lost" >
κε
</supplied>
κή
<supplied reason="lost" >
δευται
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
υἱὸς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Πόπλιος
</supplied>
<lb n="5" />
Αἴλιος
<g type="stop" />
Αὐρήλιος
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
κα
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κηδευθήσεται
</supplied>
<lb n="6" />
δὲ
καὶ
<expan>
<abbr>
Πό
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
πλιος
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αἴλ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ιος
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ήλιος
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἕτερος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δὲ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
οὐ
</supplied>
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
δεὶ
</supplied>
ς
ἕξει
ἐξουσίαν
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐνθάψαι
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
εἰς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
αὐτήν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τινα
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐκθάψαι
</supplied>
<lb n="8" />
ἀπὸ
αὐτῆς
<g type="stop" />
ἐπεὶ
το
<supplied reason="lost" >
λμήσας
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
τι
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τούτων
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἔσται
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀσεβὴς
</supplied>
<lb n="9" />
καὶ
ἐπάρατος
καὶ
τυ
<supplied reason="lost" >
μβωρύχος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
προσαποτείσει
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
θε
</supplied>
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
Ἀφροδείτῃ
<expan>
<abbr>
<orig >
<g type="denarius" />
</orig>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
δηνάρια
</supplied>
</expan>
<g type="stop" />
<expan>
<abbr>
μύ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ρια
</supplied>
</expan>
<num value="5" >
ε
</num>
τ
<supplied reason="lost" >
οῖς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δὲ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
κατὰ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καιρὸν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
νεοποιοῖς
</supplied>
<lb n="11" />
χρυσοφόροις
τῆς
θεο
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
<orig >
<g type="denarius" />
</orig>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
δηνάρια
</supplied>
</expan>
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="20" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῆς
</supplied>
<lb n="12" />
ἐπιγραφῆς
ταύτης
<supplied reason="lost" >
πετέθη
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀντίγραφον
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
χρεο
</supplied>
<lb n="13" type="worddiv" />
φυλάκιον
ἐπὶ
στεφ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ανηφόρου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
<num value="2" >
β
</num>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἀττάλου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
υἱοῦ
</supplied>
<lb n="14" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<g type="scroll" />
Μενάν
<supplied reason="lost" >
δρου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
μηνὸς
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" precision="circa" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 4, [κεκή·· ? ·· Reinach; κε]κή[·· ? ··] MAMA

l.11 θε[ᾶς] Reinach; θεο[ῦ] MAMA

l. 12, ταύτης[·· ? ··] Reinach; ταύτης ἀ[·· ? ··] MAMA

l. 13, φυλάκιον Reinach [φ]υλάκιον MAMA

l. 13, στε[σ·· ? ··] Reinach; στεφ[·· ? ··] MAMA

Translation:
No translation yet (2007).
Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).

Photographs:

Face (1973)
 Face (1973)
Face (1990)
 Face (1990)

Representations:

Kubitschek notebook III, 4b
 Kubitschek notebook III, 4b

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