2.507. Column dedication for the neoi
- 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- Unpublished.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)
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