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82. Verse honours for Albinus

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Description

  • Monument: The upper part of a columnar statue base shaft (H. c. 0.40, diam. 0.50) of bluish marble, chipped above and broken below.
  • Text: Inscribed on one side.
  • Letters: 0.04 - 0.045; lunate.
  • Date: Sixth century (lettering, prosopography).

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  Ἀγαθῇ Τύχῃ·
     Ἀλβῖνον φι |λόπατριν ἀμει |βομένη πόλις | (5) ἔργοις
        αἰνυμένη σ |τῆσε χρυσὸν ἀπει |ρέσιον,
     ορε[...] | αοιστ[...]

Translation

To Good Fortune. The city, repaying his (good) works, set up (this statue of) Albinus, lover of his country, enjoying untold gold [?which he has given ...].

Photographs

Left view (1975) Centre and right Top of base (1994)
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Representations

Squeeze (1972)
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Commentary

For Albinus see also 83 and discussion at VI.6.

Locations

  • Found: South Agora: west portico, at the southern end.
  • Original: Unknown, but probably near findspot.
  • Last Recorded: Museum.

History

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