4.311. Honours for an Emperor, ?Justinian
- Description:
- A white marble panel, restored from eight fragments, but with the corners and the lower part lost (H. 0.16 × W. 0.74 × D. 0.025).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.095; lunate Ε and Σ, l. 1, but square omega, l. 3; scroll for abbreviation.
- Date:
- Sixth century (lettering, ?emperor)
- Findspot:
- South Agora, Agora Gate: II.83. IV.C at c. 3.00.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1983 during dismantling of the wall (83.127)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 81 and plate xix, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 663.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1τὸν εὐσεβέστ̣[α]-
- 2τον καὶ καλλί -
- 3νικον ἡμῶν
- 4[δεσπό]τ̣ην Φλ(άουιον)
- 5[?Ἰουστινια]νόν
- 6[·· ? ··
- 1ΤΟΝΕΥΣΕΒΕΣ·[·]
- 2ΤΟΝΚΑΙΚΑΛΛΙ
- 3ΝΙΚΟΝΗΜΩΝ
- 4[·····]·ΗΝΦΛ
- 5[·········]ΝΟΝ
- 6[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
τὸν
εὐσεβέσ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
α
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
τον
καὶ
καλλί
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
νικον
ἡμῶν
<lb
n="4"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
δεσπό
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
ην
<expan>
<abbr>
Φλ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
άουιον
</supplied>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
Ἰουστινια
</supplied>
νόν
<lb
n="6"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
[(e.g.) The city honours] our most pious and splendidly victorious master, Flavius [?Justinia]nus.
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 VI.5. The findspot given in ala2004 was incorrect.
Photographs:
- Face (1983)
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