Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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17. Building inscription of Helladius
Description
- Monument:
A white marble cornice block with projcting moulding (0.345 × 0.305 × 0.75).
- Text:
Inscribed on the upper fascia of the moulding (H. 0.113).
- Letters:
0.017; clear
cut, with a flowing line similar to ALA 12, 252, and 18.
- Date:
First half of the fourth century (lettering).
Text
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θῆκε κἀμὲ ἐνθάδε Ἑλλάδιος ὁ
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ἀνανεωτὴς τῆς λαμπρᾶς μητροπόλεως.
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Translation
Helladius, the renovator of the splendid metropolis, established me also.
Photographs
Representations
| Transcription by Boulanger, Notebook A, page 65 |
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Commentary
For Helladius see 16, 18 and List of Governors, Helladius.
For discussion see II.35.
Locations
- Found:
South Agora: West Portico: 'Galerie de l'E(st), (N(ord))'
(Boulanger); found in the same place by the NYU expedition.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by Mendel in 1905, copied by Boulanger (notebook A, 65 no. 29, whence B 12-13, no. 11) recorded by the NYU expedition (75.278).
- Bibliography:
Published by •Robert Hellenica 4, 14, n. 3 from Boulanger, (cf. Robert Hellenica 11-12, 25, Hellenica 13, 157); by •Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 17, whence PHI 604.
- Text constituted from:
Boulanger notebooks; publication; Transcription (Roueché).
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