4.20. Verse honours for Albinos

Description:
The upper part of a columnar statue base shaft (H. c. 0.40, diam. 0.50) of bluish marble, chipped above and broken below.
Text:
Inscribed on one side.
Letters:
0.04-0.045; lunate.
Date:
Sixth century (lettering, prosopography).
Findspot:
South Agora: west portico, at the southern end.
Original Location:
Unknown, but probably near findspot.
Last recorded location:
Museum (1994)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 82 and plate xix, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 712, Steinepigramme 02/09/01.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
1Ἀγαθῇ Τύχῃ·
Ἀλβῖνον φι |λόπατριν ἀμει |βομένη πόλις | (5) ἔργοις
   αἰνυμένη σ |τῆσε χρυσὸν ἀπει |ρέσιον,
Ο̣Ρ̣Ε̣[·· ? ··] | Α̣Ο̣Ι̣Σ̣Τ̣[·· ? ··]
1ΑΓΑΘΗΤΥΧΗ
2ΑΛΒΙΝΟΝΦΙ
3ΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΝΑΜΕΙ
4ΒΟΜΕΝΗΠΟΛΙΣ
5ΕΡΓΟΙΣΑΙΝΥΜΕΝΗΣ
6ΤΗΣΕΧΡΥΣΟΝΑΠΕΙ
7ΡΕΣΙΟΝ···[ - - - ]
8·····[ - - - ]
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Ἀγαθῇ
Τύχῃ
·
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Ἀλβῖνον
φι
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λόπατριν
ἀμει
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βομένη
πόλις
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ἔργοις
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αἰνυμένη
σ
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
τῆσε
χρυσὸν
ἀπει
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ρέσιον
,
</l>
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<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ορε
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="8" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
αοιστ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</l>
</lg>

Translation:

To Good Fortune. The city, repaying his (good) works, set up (this statue of) Albinos, lover of his country, enjoying untold gold [?which he has given ·· ? ··].

Commentary:

For Albinos see also 4.21 and discussion at ala2004 VI.6.

Photographs:

Left view (1975)
 Left view (1975)
Centre and right
 Centre and right
Top of base (1994)
 Top of base (1994)

Representations:

Squeeze (1972)
 Squeeze (1972)

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