Description:
Archive wall: column 3, lowest course.
Text:
Inscribed area W. 1.75 x H. 0.27
Letters:
second to third cent. A.D. av. 0.018; ligatured ΝΜ, ΜΕ in 1. 2, ΜΗΝ, ΤΗ in 1. 4, ΗΝ in 1. 6, ΜΕ in 1. 8, ΗΝ, ΝΗΝ, ΜΕ in 1. 10 ; apices in Il. 2, 5 ; the first Ω in 1. 2 cut over Ο; star-shaped stop in 1. 8.
Date:
Inscription: second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, context). Document: 39/38 B.C. (content, prosopography.
Findspot:
Theatre: north parodos wall
Original Location:
Theatre: north parodos wall
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1967
Bibliography:
Published by Reynolds, A&R 11, whence SEG 32, 1982.1097; BE 1983.372; AnnEpig 1984, 865; SEG 33, 1983.854, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 64 .
Text constituted from:
transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1982).
1 Στέφανος Πλαρ(ασέων) [Ἀφροδεισι]έων ἄρχουσι βουλῇ δήμῳ χαίρειν
2 προσελθόντων μοι ὑμετέρων πρεσβευτῶν ἐν Λαοδικήᾳ καὶ
3 τὰ παρ’ ὑμῶν ψηφίσματα ἀναδόντων ἐγὼ πᾶσαν σπουδὴν
4 εἰσηνενκάμην καὶ ἐπιμελέστατα ἐξζητήσας παρά τε τῶν ἔ-
5 ξωθεν καὶ τῶν ἐμῶν ἀπέδωκα αὐτοῖς δούλους ὅσους ποτὲ ἐ-
6πέγνωσαν καὶ ἐλευθέρους ὅσους ἔλεγον ἐπὶ Λαβιήνου πάντα<ς>
7 ὑμεῖν ἐνδεδεῖχθαι καὶ τούτους ὑμεῖν παρέδωκα ὅπως τὰς
8καθ̣ηκούσας ὑμεῖν τιμωρίας ὑποσχῶσιν star σὺν τούτοις καὶ
9 στέφανον χρυσοῦν ἀποδέδωκα τοῖς ὑμετέροις πρεσβευ-
10 ταῖς καὶ ἄρχουσιν ὃς ἦν ἀπενηνεγμένος ὑπὸ Πύθου τοῦ Οὐμανίου
1ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣΠΛΑΡ[·········]ΕΩΝΑΡΧΟΥΣΙΒΟΥΛΗΔΗΜΩΧΑΙΡΕΙΝ
2ΠΡΟΣΕΛΘΟΝΤΩΝΜΟΙΥΜΕΤΕΡΩΝΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΩΝΕΝΛΑΟΔΙΚΗΑΚΑΙ
3ΤΑΠΑΡ’ΥΜΩΝΨΗΦΙΣΜΑΤΑΑΝΑΔΟΝΤΩΝΕΓΩΠΑΣΑΝΣΠΟΥΔΗΝ
4ΕΙΣΗΝΕΝΚΑΜΗΝΚΑΙΕΠΙΜΕΛΕΣΤΑΤΑΕΞΖΗΤΗΣΑΣΠΑΡΑΤΕΤΩΝΕ
5ΞΩΘΕΝΚΑΙΤΩΝΕΜΩΝΑΠΕΔΩΚΑΑΥΤΟΙΣΔΟΥΛΟΥΣΟΣΟΥΣΠΟΤΕΕ
6ΠΕΓΝΩΣΑΝΚΑΙΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΥΣΟΣΟΥΣΕΛΕΓΟΝΕΠΙΛΑΒΙΗΝΟΥΠΑΝΤΑ
7ΥΜΕΙΝΕΝΔΕΔΕΙΧΘΑΙΚΑΙΤΟΥΤΟΥΣΥΜΕΙΝΠΑΡΕΔΩΚΑΟΠΩΣΤΑΣ
8ΚΑ·ΗΚΟΥΣΑΣΥΜΕΙΝΤΙΜΩΡΙΑΣΥΠΟΣΧΩΣΙΝ star ΣΥΝΤΟΥΤΟΙΣΚΑΙ
9ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΝΧΡΥΣΟΥΝΑΠΟΔΕΔΩΚΑΤΟΙΣΥΜΕΤΕΡΟΙΣΠΡΕΣΒΕΥ
10ΤΑΙΣΚΑΙΑΡΧΟΥΣΙΝΟΣΗΝΑΠΕΝΗΝΕΓΜΕΝΟΣΥΠΟΠΥΘΟΥΤΟΥΟΥΜΑΝΙΟΥ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Στέφανος
<expan>
<abbr>
Πλαρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ασέων
</supplied>
</expan>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἀφροδεισι
</supplied>
έων
ἄρχουσι
βουλῇ
δήμῳ
χαίρειν
<lb n="2" />
προσελθόντων
μοι
ὑμετέρων
πρεσβευτῶν
ἐν
Λαοδικήᾳ
καὶ
<lb n="3" />
τὰ
παρ’
ὑμῶν
ψηφίσματα
ἀναδόντων
ἐγὼ
πᾶσαν
σπουδὴν
<lb n="4" />
εἰσηνενκάμην
καὶ
ἐπιμελέστατα
ἐξζητήσας
παρά
τε
τῶν
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
ξωθεν
καὶ
τῶν
ἐμῶν
ἀπέδωκα
αὐτοῖς
δούλους
ὅσους
ποτὲ
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
πέγνωσαν
καὶ
ἐλευθέρους
ὅσους
ἔλεγον
ἐπὶ
Λαβιήνου
πάντα
<supplied reason="omitted" >
ς
</supplied>
<lb n="7" />
ὑμεῖν
ἐνδεδεῖχθαι
καὶ
τούτους
ὑμεῖν
παρέδωκα
ὅπως
τὰς
<lb n="8" />
κα
<unclear reason="damage" >
θ
</unclear>
ηκούσας
ὑμεῖν
τιμωρίας
ὑποσχῶσιν
<g type="star" />
σὺν
τούτοις
καὶ
<lb n="9" />
στέφανον
χρυσοῦν
ἀποδέδωκα
τοῖς
ὑμετέροις
πρεσβευ
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
ταῖς
καὶ
ἄρχουσιν
ὃς
ἦν
ἀπενηνεγμένος
ὑπὸ
Πύθου
τοῦ
Οὐμανίου
</ab>

Apparatus

l.6. ΠΑΝΤΑ lapis.

Translation:

Stephanos to the Magistrates, Council and People of the Plarasans and Aphrodisians, greetings.

When your envoys came to me in Laodicea and handed me the decrees from you, I made every effort and, after a most careful search, restored to them all the slaves they recognized from the hands of others and from any own people; and all the free men too against whom, they said, information had been laid in the time of Labienus, I handed over to you in order that they may undergo the punishments you think appropriate. Together with these I have restored to your ambassadors and magistrates a golden crown which had been carried off by Pythes son of Oumanios.

Commentary:

See Aphrodisias and Rome, 99-101.

Photographs:

View, below 8.34, 8.31 (1977)
 View, below 8.34, 8.31 (1977)
View, below 8.34, 8.31 (1977)
 View, below 8.34, 8.31 (1977)
Archive Wall view (1994)
 Archive Wall view (1994)

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