Description:
Fragment from the bottom of a white marble stele moulded below (W. 0.30 xh. H. 0.16 x D. 0.115).
Text:
Inscribed on one face, which seems very slightly concave.
Letters:
Second to third centuries A.D. standard forms; c. 0.012
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Bouleuterion/Odeon, North Area: NE Odeon, Trench B, depth 1.30
Original Location:
unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.156)
Bibliography:
Published by Reynolds, A&R 51, whence BE 1983.391, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 65 .
Text constituted from:
transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1982).
0[·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]εἰσπράσ̣σ̣ε̣ι̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· εἰ]ς τὴν οἰκείαν κομιδ̣[ήν ·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]εται καὶ τοῦ τελών[ου ·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ·· κ]ωλύσει vac. spiral εὐτυχεῖτ[ε ? vac. ]
0[ - - - ]
1[ - - - ]ΕΙΣΠΡΑ····[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ··]ΣΤΗΝΟΙΚΕΙΑΝΚΟΜΙ·[·· - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΕΤΑΙΚΑΙΤΟΥΤΕΛΩΝ[·· - - - ]
4[ - - - ·]ΩΛΥΣΕΙ    spiral ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙΤ[· ·]
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
εἰσπρά
<unclear reason="damage" >
σσει
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰ
</supplied>
ς
τὴν
οἰκείαν
κομι
<unclear reason="damage" >
δ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ήν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
εται
καὶ
τοῦ
τελών
<supplied reason="lost" >
ου
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κ
</supplied>
ωλύσει
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<g type="spiral" />
εὐτυχεῖτ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ε
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
<space extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</supplied>
</ab>

Apparatus

ll. 1, 2. Only the bases of the dotted letters survive.

Translation:

. . .] ? he exacts [ . . ? . .] ? with a view to personal supply [ . . ? . . ] and of the tax-collector [ . . ? . .] he will prevent [ . . ? . .]. Farewell

Commentary:

See Aphrodisias and Rome, 178-9.

Photographs:

Face (1973)
 Face (1973)

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