Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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18. Building inscription of Helladius
Description
- Monument:
A rectangular white marble block, perhaps from a lintel
(0.285 × 0.665 × 0.50) with simple moulding above
and below on one face. Chipped to the right, but complete.
- Text:
Inscribed on the moulded face, in one line on the surface
between the mouldings, which is slightly concave. The text must have
continued onto an adjacent block.
- Letters:
Flowing style, similar to 12,
252 and 17; 0.05-0.06.
- Date:
First half of the fourth century (lettering, prosopography).
Text
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v. κἀμὲ Ἑλλάδιος ὁ ἁγνός̣ [...]
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Translation
Me also Helladius the pure [...]
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Commentary
For Helladius see 16, 17 and List of Governors, Helladius.
For discussion see II.35.
Locations
- Found:
Hadrianic Baths: central chamber.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Findspot.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
Published by •Roueché, Aphrodisias
in Late Antiquity, no. 18, whence PHI
605.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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