Description:
A small stele (H. 0.75 × W. 0.37 × D. 0.25) with only one prepared face, slightly recessed; above this a rough circle is the only trace of decoration.
Text:
Inscribed on the prepared face (prepared area H. 0.39 × W. 0.255); the surface is very worn.
Letters:
Irregular cursive hand , 0.015-0.02.
Date:
Third-fourth century (formulae, penalty).
Findspot:
Stray find.
Original Location:
Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Found by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 150 and plate xxxvi, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 517; discussed, Feissel (1991), 375.
Text constituted from:
Copies (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
1ὁ τόπος ἐστὶν καὶ
2ὁ πλάτας Βίτου Μ̣Ο̣Ν̣Η̣
3[·· c. 6 ··]ρ̣ωτικου τοῦ
4Π̣ρ̣α̣υλίου τοῦ καὶ Ἀστε̣-
5ρ̣ίου κούρσορος τῶν
6σεμνοτάτων φυλῶν.
7εἴ τις δ̣ὲ̣ βουλ̣ηθείη Ι̣
8χωρὶς γ̣ν̣ώ̣σ̣εως ἐ-
9μῆς ἐνθάψαι τινὰ
10δώσει τῷ ἱερωτάτῳ
11ταμείῳ̣ χρυσοῦ
12λίτραν μίαν.
1ΟΤΟΠΟΣΕΣΤΙΝΚΑΙ
2ΟΠΛΑΤΑΣΒΙΤΟΥ····
3[······]·ΩΤΙΚΟΥΤΟΥ
4···ΥΛΙΟΥΤΟΥΚΑΙΑΣΤ·
5·ΙΟΥΚΟΥΡΣΟΡΟΣΤΩΝ
6ΣΕΜΝΟΤΑΤΩΝΦΥΛΩΝ
7ΕΙΤΙΣ··ΒΟΥ·ΗΘΕΙΗ·
8ΧΩΡΙΣ····ΕΩΣΕ
9ΜΗΣΕΝΘΑΨΑΙΤΙΝΑ
10ΔΩΣΕΙΤΩΙΕΡΩΤΑΤΩ
11ΤΑΜΕΙ·ΧΡΥΣΟΥ
12ΛΙΤΡΑΝΜΙΑΝ
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τόπος
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πλάτας
Βίτου
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μονη
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</orig>
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<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
ωτικου
τοῦ
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<unclear reason="damage" >
Πρα
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υλίου
τοῦ
καὶ
Ἀστ
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ε
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<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
ίου
κούρσορος
τῶν
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σεμνοτάτων
φυλῶν
.
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εἴ
τις
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δὲ
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βου
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λ
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ηθείη
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Ι
</unclear>
<lb n="8" />
χωρὶς
<unclear reason="damage" >
γνώσ
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εως
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μῆς
ἐνθάψαι
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δώσει
τῷ
ἱερωτάτῳ
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ταμεί
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</unclear>
χρυσοῦ
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λίτραν
μίαν
.
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Apparatus

l. 4, Παυλίου Roueché, ALA; Πρ̣α̣υλίου cj Feissel (1991).

Translation:

The place and the platform are (the property) of ?Bitos [son of ·· ? ··]rotikos son of Praulios, also known as Asterios, cursor, of the most revered phylae; if anyone should wish, without my knowledge, to bury anyone in (here), he will give to the most sacred treasury one pound of gold.

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 IX.10; for the penalty, and its implications for the date, see ala2004 IX.5.

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)
Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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