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73. Verse honours for John, leader of the Council
Description | Text | Translation | Images | Commentary | Location | History
Description
- Monument:
A rectangular white marble statue base shaft, broken in two (total 1.27 × 0.50 × 0.40), with panels within moulded edges on three sides.
- Text:
Inscribed within the central panel.
- Letters:
Av. 0.04, ll.9-10, 0.03; irregular; Ε lunate and square; ligature in l.2
- Date:
Late fifth/sixth century (language).
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cross Πατρὶς
| Ἰωάννην
| πρωτόθρο
|νον ἀνέρα
| (5) βουλῆς |
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στῆσεν
| δεξαμένη
| θρεπτήρια
| πολλάκι
| (10) πολλά.
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Translation
The fatherland set up (this statue of) John, who has the first seat in the Council, having often received from him many repayments for his rearing.
Photographs
| Face |
Top of base (1994) |
Lower face, right side and underside
(2004)
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Commentary
See discussion at V.51 following.
Locations
- Found:
Temple-Church: re-used face downwards as a step at the north-west corner of the Bema.
- Original:
Unknown; ?Bouleuterion.
- Last Recorded:
Temple-Church.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1965 (65.511).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 73 and plate xviii, whence Steinepigramme 02/09/13; not in PHI.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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