6.103. Honours for P. Aelius Septimius Mannus, governor
- Description:
- Upper part of a simple white marble statue base shaft without moulding (H. 0.52 × W. 0.455 × D. 0.42).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face; the text must have begun on an upper feature.
- Letters:
- Standard third century forms, 0.025-0.03. Ligature: ΝΗ (l.5). There are apices over initial aspirated vowels, including the initial Α of ἁπάσης (l. 9).
- Date:
- Mid third century (lettering, titulature, language).
- Findspot:
- Basilica: Loose find in a field wall west of Basilica.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Found by the NYU expedition in 1988 (88.24, SBI 87).
- Bibliography:
- Published by •Roueché (1996) 231, whence SEG 1996.1394; republished by •Roueché (2004), 253.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 0[?ὁ δῆμος]
- 1Πόπλιον Αἴλιον
- 2Σεπτίμιον
- 3Μάννον stop τὸν
- 4λαμπρότατον ἡ-
- 5γεμόνα ὑπατι-
- 6κόν stop ἔνδοξον
- 7ἀνδρεῖον ἁγνὸν
- 8φιλάνθρωπον stop δι'
- 9ἁπάσης ἥκοντα
- 10ἀρετῆς τὸν ἑαυ-
- 11τοῦ εὐεργέτη[ν]
- 12[·· ? ··
- 0[·······]
- 1ΠΟΠΛΙΟΝΑΙΛΙΟΝ
- 2ΣΕΠΤΙΜΙΟΝ
- 3ΜΑΝΝΟΝ stop ΤΟΝ
- 4ΛΑΜΠΡΟΤΑΤΟΝΗ
- 5ΓΕΜΟΝΑΥΠΑΤΙ
- 6ΚΟΝ stop ΕΝΔΟΞΟΝ
- 7ΑΝΔΡΕΙΟΝΑΓΝΟΝ
- 8ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΝ stop ΔΙ'
- 9ΑΠΑΣΗΣΗΚΟΝΤΑ
- 10ΑΡΕΤΗΣΤΟΝΕΑΥ
- 11ΤΟΥΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΗ[·]
- 12[·· ? ··
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ὁ
δῆμος
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Πόπλιον
Αἴλιον
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Σεπτίμιον
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Μάννον
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τὸν
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λαμπρότατο
ν
ἡ
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γεμόνα
ὑ
πατι
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κόν
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ἔνδοξον
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ἀνδρεῖον
ἁ
γνὸν
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φιλάνθρωπον
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δι'
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n="9"
/>
ἁ
πάσης
ἥκοντα
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ἀρετῆς
τὸν
ἑ
αυ
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type="worddiv"
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τοῦ
εὐεργέτη
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ν
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extent="unknown"
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dim="bottom"
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Translation:
[So-and-so honoured] Publius Aelius Septimius Mannus, the clarissimus, governor (praeses), consular, distinguished, brave, pure, generous, having achieved all virtue, his/its benefactor [·· ? ··
Commentary:
The honouring body was a single masculine entity; while this could have been a grateful individual, it is perhaps more likely that such an important text was put up by the demos.
See discussion at ala2004 I.15.
Photographs:
- Face (1988)
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- Top of block (1993)
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