5.22. Flavius ?E[·· ? ··] undertakes building works in the Hadrianic Baths
- Description:
- A fragment of white marble revetment panelling, with only lower edge surviving (W. 1.40 × H. 0.31.
- Text:
- Inscribed in one line on the face.
- Letters:
- Truncated, visible height 0.19; tall, ornate, with triangular trenches. Scroll for abbreviation.
- Date:
- Fourth/fifth/sixth century (lettering, nomenclature).
- Findspot:
- Hadrianic Baths: re-used, upside down, as edging to a pool.
- Original Location:
- Hadrianic Baths.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1976).
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 51, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 600.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] v. ἐπὶ Φλ(αβίου) Η[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ] ΕΠΙΦΛΗ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
ἐπὶ
<expan>
<abbr>
Φλ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
αβίου
</supplied>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
η
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] under Flavius E[·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 IV.37.
Photographs:
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