5.21. Flavius [·· ? ··] undertakes building works in the Hadrianic Baths
- Description:
- A white marble revetment panel (H. 0.30 × W. 0.41) with only lower edge surviving.
- Text:
- Inscribed in one line on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.205; tall and ornate; triangular trenches.
- Date:
- Fourth/fifth/sixth century (lettering, nomenclature).
- Findspot:
- Hadrianic Baths: re-used in the flooring.
- Original Location:
- Hadrianic Baths.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1973).
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 50 and plate xii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 599.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] v. ἐπὶ Φλ̣(αβίου) [·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ] ΕΠΙΦ·[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
ἐπὶ
<expan>
<abbr>
Φ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</abbr>
λ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
αβίου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] under Flavius [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 IV.37.
Photographs:
- Face (1973)
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