58. Building inscription of Pytheas, in verse

Monument: Three fragments, not joining, from an white marble architrave with decoration (which is broken away) above three stepped fasciae, diminishing in height; a and c: not measured; b: 0.52 × 1.37 × 0.54.
Text: Inscribed on the upper two fasciae.
Letters: Upper fascia 0.10, lower fascia 0.08; elongated, ornate.
Date: Late fifth century (prosopography)

a. [...?built the] colonnade (with) column from [...] Pytheas [...]

b. [...]suffering from necessity [...] had a mind.

a: face (1977) b: face (1972) c: face (1989)

a and b: Transcription by Boulanger, Notebook A, page 78

For Pytheas see 55, 56, 57, 250 and discussion at V.18.

Found: Hadrianic Baths: East Court: a: 'Dans le 2e entrée à partir du S(ud) du portique O(uest), s(ud)' (Boulanger); b: 'Term. S(ud) du portique O(uest)'. (Boulanger).
Original: Unknown.
Last Recorded: Among the material from the French excavations in the East Court.

Recording: a and b excavated by Boulanger, 1 November 1913 (notebook A, 78, 23 and 24, whence B 23, 29); a, b and c recorded by the NYU expedition, c in 1989.
Bibliography: a and b published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 58 and plate xiv, whence PHI 708, Steinepigramme 02/09/20.
Text constituted from: Boulanger notebook; transcription (Roueché).

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