15.216. Fragment, Hellenistic
- Description:
- Piece from the left side of a white marble base or block without back or other edges (W. 0.09 × H. 0.28 × D. 0.125); possibly from the top which, if so, was inset in the left corner.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.01-0.02
- Date:
- Perhaps third century B.C., or even earlier (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Stray find
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1966 (66.551)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0 vacat [?·· ? ··]
- 1Α̣Λ̣[·· ? ··]
- 2ΠΑ[·· ? ··]
- 3ΑΜΠ̣[·· ? ··]
- 4ΚΑΙΠ̣ [·· ? ··]
- 5ΔΟΡ[·· ? ··]
- 5a[·· ? ··
- 0 vacat [? - - - ]
- 1··[ - - - ]
- 2ΠΑ[ - - - ]
- 3ΑΜ·[ - - - ]
- 4ΚΑΙ·[ - - - ]
- 5ΔΟΡ[ - - - ]
- 5a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
id="gap01"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
αλ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
πα
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
αμ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
π
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
και
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
π
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
δορ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
l. 1, the lettering is not quite clear and might be better interpreted as Μ (although it does not closely resemble the Μ in l. 3)
ll. 3, 4, final Π̣ could also be Γ
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
Although not interpretable the lettering is apparently the earliest so far found on the site, on the face of it earlier than any evidence we have for the city of Aphrodisias.
Photographs:
- Face (1972)
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- Face (1977)
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