Description of Monument
A plain statue base shaft (1.00 x 0.365 x 0.335) with a recessed edge. The upper edge survives.
Description of Text
Inscribed (A) on the face, and (B) on the right side. The first element of the victor's name must therefore have been inscribed on a crowning feature.
Letters
A. Letters standard second-/third-century forms, 0.03; the cutter has overrun the limits of the raised panel in ll.6-9, 11. Ligatures: ΤΕ, l.7; ΤΗ, ΤΕ, l.9; ΤΗ, l.10; ΗΜ, l.12. B. A graffito, lunate letters; ll.1-2, 0.035; ll.3-6, 0.01-0.02.
Date
A.D. 190
(contests).
Edition
Ἀνδρονεικι
ανοῦ ὑιὸν
Ἀνδρέαν
νεικήσαν
τα παίδων
στάδιον τῷ
ἐπιτελεσθέν
τι ἀγῶνι τῆς
τρίτης τετραε
τηρίδος Ἀφρο
δεισιήων
Φιλημονιήων
λ
ο
Φίλι
πος ευ
κα σσι
σθε μονοσι
Translation
A. [ - - ]Andreas, son of Androneikianos, who won the boys' running-race in the contest celebrated for the third four-year occurrence of the Aphrodeisiea Philemoniea.
B. Only the name Philippos can be made out; it seems likely that l.6 includes a reference to the name Molossos, or a derivative.
Locations
excavation of the City, Water Channel area
Unknown
Museum
Text Constituted From
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché)
History of Recording
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1963 (Museum 103; SBI 3).
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, PPA 80.