5.24. Acclamations for imperial family, and a New Theodosius
- Description:
- Fragments of fresco on wall plaster. The original design appears to have been a series of circular garlands of green leaves, outlined inside and outside with a sold band; The fragments come from at least three such garlands; fragment iv may well come from the same text as fragment iii.
- Text:
- The lettering is inscribed inside the garlands, in red on a white background.
- Letters:
- 0.07-0.08, tall and clear; diairetic dots on Ι in iii, line 2, and, apparently, on the second Ι in line 4 of ii; three dots as a stop in ii, 1ine 3; abbreviation: ΙΝΔ with a comma hanging from delta, Ο with Υ above.
- Date:
- A.D. 583 or A.D. 491 - 518 (emperors).
- Findspot:
- Hadrianic Baths: tepidarium.
- Original Location:
- Findspot.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962, removed in 1966-7: 67.102 and 69.473 (together, 61.i), 69.471 (61.ii), 69.470 (61.iii). 69.472 (61.iv).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 61.i-iv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 843, 844, 628 and 894.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- i
- (Two joining fragments, with garland at both sides.)
- 1[·· ? ··]
- 2 cross νι[κᾷ] ἡ τύχη
- 3τοῦ β[ασι]λέως·
- 4νικᾷ ἡ τ[ύ]χη τῆς
- 5δεσπο̣ί[ν]ης· τοῦ νέου
- 6Θεοδο̣[σί]ου πολ -
- 7λὰ [τὰ ἔτ]η scroll
- ii
- (Fragment with trace of garland at lower right edge.)
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ··]Λ̣Ι̣Ι̣ΟΥ π̣ο[λλὰ]
- 2[τὰ ἔτ]η̣· υἱὲ θεοῦ ζ[ωὴν]
- 3[αὐτ]ῷ stop νικᾷ ἡ πί̣σ̣[τις]
- 4[τῶν] Χριστιανῶν [·]
- 4a[·· ? ··] v.
- iii
- (Fragment without any trace of garland.)
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1ἐ̣π̣ὶ Ο[·]
- 2[·· ? ·· πα]τρός, ἰνδικτίωνος [·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ··]ΡΑΣ v.
- 4[·· ? ··]Ι̣Λ̣ v. scroll
- 4a scroll
- iv
- (Fragment showing upper right corner of garland.)
- 1[·· ? ··]Ι
- 2[·· ? ··]Υ
- 3[·· ? ··]Λ̣
- 3a[·· ? ··
- i
- (Two joining fragments, with garland at both sides.)
- 1[ - - - ]
- 2 cross ΝΙ[··]ΗΤΥΧΗ
- 3ΤΟΥΒ[···]ΛΕΩΣ
- 4ΝΙΚΑΗΤ[·]ΧΗΤΗΣ
- 5ΔΕΣΠ·Ι[·]ΗΣΤΟΥΝΕΟΥ
- 6ΘΕΟΔ·[··]ΟΥΠΟΛ
- 7ΛΑ[····]Η scroll
- ii
- (Fragment with trace of garland at lower right edge.)
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]···ΟΥ·Ο[···]
- 2[····]·ΥΙΕΘΕΟΥΖ[···]
- 3[···]Ω stop ΝΙΚΑΗΠ··[···]
- 4[···]ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΩΝ[·]
- 4a[ - - - ]
- iii
- (Fragment without any trace of garland.)
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1··ΙΟ[·]
- 2[ - - - ··]ΤΡΟΣΙΝΔΙΚΤΙΩΝΟΣ[ - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]ΡΑΣ
- 4[ - - - ]·· scroll
- 4a scroll
- iv
- (Fragment showing upper right corner of garland.)
- 1[ - - - ]Ι
- 2[ - - - ]Υ
- 3[ - - - ]·
- 3a[·· ? ··
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="i"
>
<note>
Two joining fragments, with garland at both sides.
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
<g
type="scroll"
/>
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
<g
type="scroll"
/>
</unclear>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<g
type="cross"
/>
νι
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
κᾷ
</supplied>
ἡ
τύχη
<lb
n="3"
/>
τοῦ
β
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ασι
</supplied>
λέως
·
<lb
n="4"
/>
νικᾷ
ἡ
τ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ύ
</supplied>
χη
τῆς
<lb
n="5"
/>
δεσπ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
ί
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ν
</supplied>
ης
·
τοῦ
νέου
<lb
n="6"
/>
Θεοδ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σί
</supplied>
ου
πολ
<lb
n="7"
type="worddiv"
/>
λὰ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τὰ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἔτ
</supplied>
η
<g
type="scroll"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="ii"
>
<note>
Fragment with trace of garland at lower right edge.
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="line"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
λιι
</unclear>
ου
</orig>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
π
</unclear>
ο
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
λλὰ
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τὰ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἔτ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
η
</unclear>
·
υἱὲ
θεοῦ
ζ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ωὴν
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
αὐτ
</supplied>
ῷ
<g
type="stop"
/>
νικᾷ
ἡ
π
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ίσ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τις
</supplied>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τῶν
</supplied>
Χριστιανῶν
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="4a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="iii"
>
<note>
Fragment without any trace of garland.
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="line"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ἐπ
</unclear>
ὶ
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ο
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
πα
</supplied>
τρός
,
ἰνδικτίωνος
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ρασ
</orig>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ιλ
</unclear>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<g
type="scroll"
/>
<lb
n="4a"
/>
<g
type="scroll"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="iv"
>
<note>
Fragment showing upper right corner of garland.
</note>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ι
</orig>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
υ
</orig>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
λ
</unclear>
<lb
n="3a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Apparatus
i.1: λ̣[·· ? ··]δ̣ ala2004: but see commentary below.
Translation:
i. [·· ? ··] The fortune of the emperor triumphs! The fortune of the empress triumphs! Many years for the new Theodosius!
ii. [·· ? ··] Many years [·· ? ··]! Son of God, grant him life! The faith of the Christians triumphs!
iii. [·· ? ·· ?this work was done] under O[·· ? ··], pater, in the [·· ? ··] indiction [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 V.26, ala2004 VI.47.
I agree with the suggestion by Benet Salway that i.line 1 did not include letters (as shown in my previous editions), but the traces of decoration, probably the 'bow' at teh top of the wreath; see C. Roueché, ‘From Aphrodisias to Stauropolis’, in J. Drinkwater and R. Salway edd., Wolf Liebeschuetz Reflected (London, 2007), 183-192, p. 184, and note 9.
Photographs:
- i: Left part (1977)
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- i: Right part (1977)
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- i: Together (1977)
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- i: Left part, on excavation (1967)
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- ii: Face (1977)
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- ii: Face (1977)
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- iii: Face (1977)
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- iv: Face (1977)
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