12.1020. Honours for Ulpia Carminia Claudiana

Description:
Plain white marble statue base, with hole and pouring channel on top (W. 0.55 × H. 1.32 × D. 0.485).
Text:
Inscribed on one face. The block is complete, although the upper edge is chipped; the text must have begun on a crowning feature.
Letters:
ll. 1-17, 0.03; ll. 18-22, 0.025. ligatures: ΜΗ, l.2, ΤΗ l.12, ΗΝ l.1, 20, ΝΕ l.22. Star for stop, l. 5; dot for stop elsewhere. Stops for abbreviation.
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering, nomenclature).
Findspot:
Walls, West gate: re-used in the west gate
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1991)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition (Walls 163).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 [?·· ? ··] [Οὐλ(πίαν) Καρ(μινίαν)]
1Κλαυδιανὴν θυγα̣-
2τέρα πόλεως μητέ-
3ρα συνκλητικῶν stop Ἀ
4σίας ἀρχιερείαν θυ-
5γατέρα stop Μ(άρκου) Οὐλ(πίου) Καρ(μινίου)
6Κλαυδιανοῦ stop Ἀσίας
7 ἀρχιερέως stop καὶ stop ἀρχιε
8ρέως καὶ Οὐ stop λ(πίας) Κλ(αυδίας) Καρ(μινίας)
9Προκλῆς θυγατρὸς
10 πόλεως stop Ἀσίας ἀρχιε
11ρείας δὶς ἀρχιερείας
12 ἱερέων διὰ βίου stop τῆς
13 θεοῦ Ἀφροδείτης
14 προγόνων Ἀσίας ἀρ-
15χιερέων stop καὶ ἀρχιερέ-
16ων ἀνεψίαν συνκλη-
17τικῶν καὶ ὑπατικῶν
17a        vacat
18 vv. ἐπιμεληθέντος vv.
19Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ζηνοβίου τετράκις
20τοῦ Ζηνοβίου τοῦ Ἀρτεμι-
21δώρου Ἐπαφροδείτου ἱε-
22ρεως διὰ βίου Θεῶν Ἐρώτων
0[? - - - ][················]
1ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΝΗΝΘΥΓ·
2ΤΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΩΣΜΗΤΕ
3ΡΑΣΥΝΚΛΗΤΙΚΩΝ stop Α
4ΣΙΑΣΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙΑΝΘΥ
5ΓΑΤΕΡΑ stop Μ stop ΟΥΛ stop ΚΑΡ stop
6ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΝΟΥ stop ΑΣΙΑΣ
7ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ stop ΚΑΙ stop ΑΡΧΙΕ
8ΡΕΩΣΚΑΙΟΥ stop Λ stop ΚΛ stop ΚΑΡ stop
9ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΘΥΓΑΤΡΟΣ
10ΠΟΛΕΩΣ stop ΑΣΙΑΣΑΡΧΙΕ
11ΡΕΙΑΣΔΙΣΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙΑΣ
12ΙΕΡΕΩΝΔΙΑΒΙΟΥ stop ΤΗΣ
13ΘΕΟΥΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗΣ
14ΠΡΟΓΟΝΩΝΑΣΙΑΣΑΡ
15ΧΙΕΡΕΩΝ stop ΚΑΙΑΡΧΙΕΡΕ
16ΩΝΑΝΕΨΙΑΝΣΥΝΚΛΗ
17ΤΙΚΩΝΚΑΙΥΠΑΤΙΚΩΝ
17a       vacat
18  ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΟΣ  
19ΜΑΥΡΖΗΝΟΒΙΟΥΤΕΤΡΑΚΙΣ
20ΤΟΥΖΗΝΟΒΙΟΥΤΟΥΑΡΤΕΜΙ
21ΔΩΡΟΥΕΠΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΥΙΕ
22ΡΕΩΣΔΙΑΒΙΟΥΘΕΩΝΕΡΩΤΩΝ
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Οὐλ
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πίαν
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<supplied reason="lost" >
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<abbr>
Καρ
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μινίαν
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Κλαυδιαν
ὴν
θυγ
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α
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τέρα
πόλεως
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ρα
συνκλητικῶν
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γατέρα
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Μ
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άρκου
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Οὐλ
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πίου
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Καρ
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μινίου
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Κλαυδιανοῦ
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Ἀσίας
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ἀρχιερέως
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καὶ
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ἀρχιε
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ρέως
καὶ
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<abbr>
Οὐ
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λ
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<g type="stop" />
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πίας
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<expan>
<abbr>
Κλ
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<g type="stop" />
</orig>
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<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
αυδίας
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<abbr>
Καρ
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<g type="stop" />
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</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
μινίας
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<lb n="9" />
Προκλῆς
θυγατρὸς
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πόλεως
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Ἀσίας
ἀρχιε
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ρείας
δὶς
ἀρχιερείας
<lb n="12" />
ἱερέων
διὰ
βίου
<g type="stop" />
τῆ
ς
<lb n="13" />
θεοῦ
Ἀφροδείτης
<lb n="14" />
προγόνων
Ἀσίας
ἀρ
<lb n="15" type="worddiv" />
χιερέων
<g type="stop" />
καὶ
ἀρχιερέ
<lb n="16" type="worddiv" />
ων
ἀνεψίαν
συνκλη
<lb n="17" type="worddiv" />
τικῶν
καὶ
ὑπατικῶν
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<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="18" />
<space extent="2" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
ἐπιμεληθέντος
<space extent="2" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
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<expan>
<abbr>
Μ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
άρκου
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<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ηλίου
</supplied>
</expan>
Ζηνοβίου
τετράκις
<lb n="20" />
τοῦ
Ζ
ην
οβίου
τοῦ
Ἀρτεμι
<lb n="21" type="worddiv" />
δώρου
Ἐπαφροδείτου
ἱε
<lb n="22" type="worddiv" />
ρεως
διὰ
βίου
Θεῶ
ν
Ἐ
ρώτων
</ab>

Translation:

...? [?honoured Ulpia Carminia]] Claudiane, daughter of the city, mother of the senators M(arcus) Ulp(ius) Car(minius) Claudianus, high priest of Asia, high priest (of the city) and Ulp(ia) Cl(audia) Car(minia) Prokle, daughter of the city, high priestess of Asia twice, high priestess (of the city), (both of them) priests for life of the goddess Aphrodite, descended from high priests of Asia and high priests (of the city), cousin of senatorials and consulars. M(arcus) Aur(elius) Zenobios, fourth of the name from Zenobios son of Artemidoros, son of Epaphroditos, priest for life of the divine Loves, oversaw provision (of the monument).

Commentary:

The mother, Ulpia ((Claudia)) Carminia Prokla, is also honoured in (unpublished) (Museum 100), which was found in the Hadrianic Baths by Boulanger.

The father is presumably not the same as the great donor (12.1111 =CIG 2782) who was married to Flavia Apphia.

The daughter is not otherwise known.

The epimelete also figures in 12.1011 (Walls 162), (unpublished) (Walls 9) and 5.15.i (88.9), but there without Roman citizenship. The use of tria nomina here suggests that the date is after the Antonine Constitution.

Photographs:

Face (1991)
 Face (1991)
Face (1991)
 Face (1991)

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