2.529. ?Table fragment
- Description:
- Two joining fragments from a circular white marble disc or table-top, which is flat and has no raised rim (H. 0.185 × W. 0.29 × D. 0.03).
- Text:
- Inscribed in one line on the flat surface, along the edge.
- Letters:
- Irregular, 0.02-0.055.
- Date:
- Fourth to sixth century (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area, 'Bishop's Palace': one fragment in Str. I, one in Tr.II, Str. 1.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition (67.206, 68.233).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 223 and plate xlvi, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 871.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··]Λ̣ Ἑρμιᾶ ἀρχιϙψ´[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]·ΕΡΜΙΑΑΡΧΙϙΨ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
λ
</unclear>
Ἑρμιᾶ
ἀρχι
<num
value="790"
>
ϙ
<unclear
reason="undefined"
>
</num>
ψ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
The ϙ is clear; Ψ is less certain.
Translation:
[·· ? ··]?Hermias [·· ? ··] ?chief [·· ? ··] 790/79-
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 XI.27
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
-
- Left side (1977)
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