1.107. Fragmentary honours
- Description:
- Upper part of a round-headed marble stele (W. 0.33 × H. 0.48 × D. 0.15), chipped on either side as well as cut away below; within the head is an incised olive wreath with pendant taenia that impinge on the body of the stele, above the text. There is a hole in the underside for attachment to a shaft below, which must also have been inscribed.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.015; circular letters small; theta with dot in centre; adscript iota.
- Date:
- Perhaps third to second centuries B.C. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Temple/Church: 'T.Aph. Tem. I - III, dismantling water channel A'
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (65.293).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1Ἀγαθῆι Τύχηι
- 2στεφανοῦσιν οἱ
- 3[Ἀ]φ̣ρ̣ο̣δ̣ι̣σι̣ε̣ῖς ἱερ[?εῖς]
- 3a[·· ? ··]
- 1ΑΓΑΘΗΙΤΥΧΗΙ
- 2ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΥΣΙΝΟΙ
- 3[·]·····Σ··ΙΣΙΕΡ[···]
- 3a[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Ἀγαθῆι
Τύχηι
<lb
n="2"
/>
στεφανοῦσιν
οἱ
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ἀ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
φροδι
</unclear>
σ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ιε
</unclear>
ῖς
ἱερ
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
εῖς
</supplied>
<lb
n="3a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
With good fortune. The Aphrodisian ?priests crown [...
Commentary:
It is not clear whether the Aphrodisian priests crown someone or the Aphrodisians crown their priests.
- Photographs:
- none.
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