Description:
White marble column base broken away to the left side (W. 0.78 × H. 0.09).
Text:
Inscribed on the moulding.
Letters:
Ave. 0.025; traces of red paint.
Date:
Probably first century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area: W. Odeon, Tr. II, str. III (1968)
Original Location:
Unknown, but apparently from an unlocated gymnasium.
Last recorded location:
Museum (1978)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (68.262).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[?Διογέ]νης Παμφίλου γυμνασιαρχήσας
2[·· ? ··] vac. τὸγ κίονα τοῖς νέοις vac.
1[·····]ΝΗΣΠΑΜΦΙΛΟΥΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΑΡΧΗΣΑΣ
2[ - - - ]   ΤΟΓΚΙΟΝΑΤΟΙΣΝΕΟΙΣ   
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
Διογέ
</supplied>
νης
Παμφίλου
γυμνασιαρχήσας
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<space extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
τὸγ
κίονα
τοῖς
νέοις
<space extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Translation:

[?Dioge]nes son of Pamphilos, former gymnasiarch [set up] the column for the young men.

Commentary:

There seems to be barely enough room on the broken left side for the name [Διογέ]νης.

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)

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