6.4. Building inscription by Fl. Co<n>stantius, governor
- Description:
- Black and white floor mosaic.
- Text:
- Set within Tabella ansata (H. 0.47 × W. 1.42), which is broken away to left.
- Letters:
- Lunate 0.07-0.08.
- Date:
- A.D. 365/370 (prosopography).
- Findspot:
- Basilica: at the north-west corner, in the floor of niche at the 7th intercolumniation from the north. .
- Original Location:
- Basilica.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1988 (88.21).
- Bibliography:
- Published by •K. T. Erim, Aphrodisias Papers 27, p. 28 whence SEG 1996.1398, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 609, cited Anatolian Studies 39 (1989), 175-7, 177, whence BE 1989.138, 1989.517; republished by •Roueché (2004), 235.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[Φλ(άβιος) Κ]ω̣νστάντιος
- 2[ὁ λ]αμ̣πρότατος
- 3[ἡ]γ̣εμὼν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ
- 4[ἔ]ργο̣ν̣ ἐποίησεν
- 1[········]·ΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΟΣ
- 2[··]Α·ΠΡΟΤΑΤΟΣ
- 3[·]·ΕΜΩΝΚΑΙΤΟΥΤΟΤΟ
- 4[·]ΡΓ··ΕΠΟΙΗΣΕΝ
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<expan>
</supplied>
<abbr>
Φλ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
άβιος
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Κ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ω
</unclear>
νστάντιος
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὁ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
λ
</supplied>
α
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
μ
</unclear>
πρότατος
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἡ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
γ
</unclear>
εμὼν
καὶ
τοῦτο
τὸ
<lb
n="4"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἔ
</supplied>
ργ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ον
</unclear>
ἐποίησεν
Translation:
[Flavius C]onstantius, the clarissimus praeses, made this work also.
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 III.16
Photographs:
- Face (1988)
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- Face (1988)
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- Basilica: west portico, from north (2004)
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- Basilica, from north (2004)
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