6.5. Verse honours for Ioannes, ?governor of Caria

Description:: Four fragments, none joining, from an white marble architrave, with a single fascia (H. 0.10). There is one line of carved decoration below this fascia; above it is an egg and dart moulding, and above that a panel of scroll decoration. a: W. 0.635 × H. 2.42 × D. 0.65; decoration survives above and below, the right end is complete and so, probably, is the left. b: W. 0.29 × H. 1.28 × D. 0.24; broken both ends, decoration broken away above. c: W. 0.23 × H. 0.64 × D. 0.48; broken both ends; decoration above still buried; underside revealed with a decorative panel. d: W. 0.33 × H. 0.86 × D. 0.22; broken at both ends; decoration broken away above.
Text:: Inscribed in one line on the fascia, which shows traces (on a) of an earlier, erased inscription.
Letters:: 0.08; ornate, varied; all four blocks have a characteristic Ρ (only partly visible in a); square sigma in d, lunate in a.
Date:: Fifth century (lettering; titulature).
Findspot:: City, South-west: Fields, south-west of the Acropolis: a and c found partly buried, just east of the tall standing wall which lies 75 m east of the Triconch Church. b was found lying loose some 100 m north of a and c. d 'bei der Stadtmauer sudl. der Akropolis' (Reichel)
Original Location:: Basilica, south end
Last recorded location:: Findspots (1975).
History of discovery:: d copied by Reichel (RI.28); a and b recorded by the MAMA expedition. a, b and c recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:: a and b published by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, 429 and 604, whence a discussed by Robert, Hellenica 13, 158, BE 1966.394; d published by Cormack, from Reichel, Cormack (1964), 40; a - d published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 45 and plate xi (a and b), whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 706, Steinepigramme 02/09/95.
Text constituted from:: Transcription (Roueché); Publications; Reichel notebook. This edition Roueché (2007).

a: 1 ?v. Α[··] Δῖος vertical line Ἰωάννης Καρίης [·· ? ··]
b: 1[·· ? ··] χώρωι cross v. cross ΑΥ̣[·· ? ··]
c: 1[·· ? ··] cross μαρμαρ[ε·· ? ··]
d: 1[·· ? ··]ΟΝΑ ΣΕΙΡ̣[·· ? ··]

a: 1 Α[··]ΔΙΟΣ vertical line ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣΚΑΡΙΗΣ [ - - - ]
b: 1[ - - - ]ΧΩΡΩΙ cross cross Α·[ - - - ]
c: 1[ - - - ] cross ΜΑΡΜΑΡ[· - - - ]
d: 1[ - - - ]ΟΝΑΣΕΙ·[ - - - ]

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</orig>

Δῖος

Ἰωάννης

Καρίης

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</div>

<ab>

χώρωι

</unclear>

</orig>

</ab>

</div>

<ab>

μαρμαρ

</supplied>

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</div>

<ab>

ονα σει

</unclear>

</orig>

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Apparatus

Cormack read the first letter as a Λ, followed by one space, whence Robert conjectured [Ἑ]λλ[ά]διος; but although the surface here is in bad condition, examination of the stone and of a squeeze shows that the letter is an Α, with a distinctive scroll dependent on the dropped cross-bar, and measuring 0.06. There is space for two letters between this and the Δ of Δῖος. Although the surface to the left is only superficially chipped, I can determine no trace of other letters. After Δῖος there is a thin but clear vertical line traversing the fascia.