2.101. Honours by People for Council
- Description:
- Two joining fragments from the lower left corner of a large white marble statue base with flat moulding (H. 0.05) below (H. c. 0.80 × W. 0.32 × D. 0.60).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.075-0.08
- Date:
- III-IV (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon Parodos area, 1966.2
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Right fragment lying north of Odeon (2000)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1966 (Odeon 13A)
- Bibliography:
- Previously unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ὁ Δῆμ[ος vac. ]
- 2τὴν Βουλ[ὴν]
- 1ΟΔΗΜ[·····]
- 2ΤΗΝΒΟΥΛ[··]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ὁ
Δῆμ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ος
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
τὴν
Βουλ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὴν
</supplied>
Translation:
The People (set up a statue of) the Council.
Commentary:
The Council honoured the Demos in a pair to this (2.111). The lettering might suggest a late antique date; but if these texts were inscribed by the sculptors, and not by professional letterers the argument is not strong.
For another base for an image of the Council, see 8.503.
Photographs:
- Left fragment (1976)
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- Right fragment (2004)
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