Description of Monument
A white marble building block or statue base.
Description of Text
Inscribed on the face.
Letters
0.02; ligatures: l.1, ΜΗ, l.2, ΜΜ; l. 2, diaeretic dots either side of the initial Υ of Hypsicles (twice).
Date
Second to third centuries A.D.
(lettering)
Edition
Σεπ Αυρ Φλ Οὐενιδιος Ὑψικλης τε
τράκι τοῦ Ἀρχιμήδους Εὔφρων ἱερεὺς τοῦ
Ἀσκληπιοῦ δι' Ἀμμίας τῆς Ὑψικλέους τοῦ Ὑ
ψικλέους τοῦ φύσει Ζήνωνος Ὑψικλίδος τετρά
κις ἀρχιερείας θυγατρὸς πόλεως τῆς μάμ
μης αὐτοῦ καθὼς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὑπέσχετο καὶ
Text Constituted From
Gaudin's squeeze; publications.
Apparatus
l. 2, ΤΜΣ
l. 5, μης Reinach; at end ΚΙ Reinach
Translation
Septimius Aurelius Flavius Venidius Hypsikles Euphron son of Hypsikles the son of Hypsikles the son of Hypsikles the son of Archimedes, priest of Asklepios, through the agency of Ammia Hypsiklis, daughter of Hypsikles son of Hypsikles natural son of Zenon, four times high priestess, daughter of the city, his grandmother, as she promised on his behalf
Commentary
The name has been restored by comparison with 12.638 (=75.286).
The function of the text is unclear; it may be a dedication, or a record of work undertaken by Euphron.
Locations
Unknown
Re-used in the Walls, South (west part); 'au turbe des remparts', by the Islamic holy place just west of the excavated stretch of the south city wall, near 12.612 (=MAMA 410), 12.714 (=MAMA 561).Unknown
History of Recording
Recorded by Gaudin (20); not reported subsequently.
Bibliography
Published from Gaudin by Reinach, 29, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 354.