12.1211. Gladiator memorial for familia of M. Antonius Apellas Severinos
- Description:
- A large stele (H. 1.46 x W. 0.87 x D. 0.28) with a central panel, within simple moulding, topped by a decorated pediment and acroteria and flanked by scrolls. The panel is supported by two winged victories, holding palms; between them is a smaller figure, with a wheel, identified by Robert as Nemesis.
- Text:
- Inscribed within the panel.
- Letters:
- 0.03-0.04, clear but irregular; lunate sigma and epsilon.
- Date:
- Late second/early third century (prosopography).
- Findspot:
- Walls: 'in the city wall' (MAMA); stray find later.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1990)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by W. H. Buckler; by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published from Buckler by Robert, Gladiateurs, no. 156, with discussion 56-9, 64; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA VIII.507, on which see Robert, Hell. XIII, 154-5, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 232 ; cf. BE 1966.402. Published by Roueché, PPA 15.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché); publications. This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 v. Ἀγαθῇ Τύχῃ v.
- 2 ὑπόμνημα φαμιλίας
- 3 καὶ κυνηγεσίων Μ(άρκου) Ἀν-
- 4 τωνίου Ἀπελλᾶ Σεουη-
- 5 ρείνου ἀρχιερέως ὑιοῦ
- 6 Μ(άρκου) Ἀντωνίου Ὑψικλέ-
- 7 ους ἀρχιερέως leaf
- 1 ΑΓΑΘΗΤΥΧΗ
- 2ΥΠΟΜΝΗΜΑΦΑΜΙΛΙΑΣ
- 3ΚΑΙΚΥΝΗΓΕΣΙΩΝΜΑΝ
- 4ΤΩΝΙΟΥΑΠΕΛΛΑΣΕΟΥΗ
- 5ΡΕΙΝΟΥΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣΥΙΟΥ
- 6ΜΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥΥΨΙΚΛΕ
- 7ΟΥΣΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ leaf
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Ἀγαθῇ
Τύχῃ
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ὑπόμνημα
φαμιλίας
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καὶ
κυνηγεσίων
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Μ
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άρκου
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Ἀν
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τωνίου
Ἀπελλᾶ
Σεουη
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ρείνου
ἀρχιερέως
ὑιοῦ
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Μ
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άρκου
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Ἀντωνίου
Ὑψικλέ
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ους
ἀρχιερέως
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Translation:
To Good Fortune. Memorial of the familia, and of the venationes of M. Antonius Apellas Severinos, son of M. Antonius Hypsikles, high-priest.
Commentary:
See Roueché, Performers and Partisans ad loc.
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
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- Face (1990)
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