1.505. Fl. Epipha[?nios] ?Hermias and others ?make a benefaction
- Description:
- Three fragments of a thick white marble panel; total H. 0.36, W. W. 0.395, thickness D. 0.06. Although the face area does not show it, the three stones do join.
- Text:
- Inscribed on a prepared face, apparently within a raised tabula ansata, of which the lower right corner survives. All the other surfaces are rough.
- Letters:
- very distinctive, averaging 0.03 (Ο is 0.02); Υ has a crossbar, and some elements in Υ, Α, Μ and Κ are not attached. Scroll for abbreviation.
- Date:
- Fifth to sixth centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Tetrapylon area.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1963 and 1983 (63.1, 83.110a and 83.110b).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 72 and plate xvii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 613.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ·· τ]οῦ οἴκου τού[?του ·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··]Λ̣Ι̣Λ̣[·· ? ··] περὶ Φλ(άουιον) Ἐπιφά[?νιον ·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ·· ?Ἑ]ρμίαν ο[ἰκ]εῖοι Βίκτορος Τ̣[·· ? ··]
- 4[·· ? ··] [λα]μ(προτατ-) ἐπαρχ[·· ? ··]Τ̣[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ι̣ΛΙ̣[·· ? ··]
- 5[·· ? ··]Λ̣Ι̣ΣΑΝ v.
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ·]ΟΥΟΙΚΟΥΤΟΥ[··· - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]···[ - - - ]ΠΕΡΙΦΛΕΠΙΦΑ[···· - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ·]ΡΜΙΑΝΟ[··]ΕΙΟΙΒΙΚΤΟΡΟΣ·[ - - - ]
- 4[ - - - ][··]ΜΕΠΑΡΧ[ - - - ]·[ - - - ]··Λ·[ - - - ]
- 5[ - - - ]··ΣΑΝ
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τ
</supplied>
οῦ
οἴκου
τού
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
του
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
λιλ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
περὶ
<expan>
<abbr>
Φλ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
άουιον
</supplied>
Ἐπιφά
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
νιον
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
Ἑ
</supplied>
ρμίαν
ο
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἰκ
</supplied>
εῖοι
Βίκτορος
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
τ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
λα
</supplied>
μ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
προτατ-
</supplied>
ἐπαρχ
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
τ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ιι
</unclear>
λ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
λι
</unclear>
σαν
</orig>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
Apparatus
Below the last line are some small (0.01) scratched letters:
[·· ? ··]ι̣α̣φωι̣ι̣
Translation:
[·· ? ··] of this house [·· ? ··?those] around Flavius Epipha[nios ·· ? ·· ?and He]rmias, of the household of Bictor [·· ? ··] ?clarissimus, prefect [·· ? ··] ?they set up.
Commentary:
Probably to be associated with 1.507; see discussion at ala2004 V.50.
Photographs:
- Fragment, lines 1-3 (1977)
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- Fragment. lines 3-4 (1983)
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- Fragment, lower right corner (1983)
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- Assembled fragments (1985)
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