8.39. Honours for Hosidius Ioulianos

Description:: Three frieze blocks: a, in two fragments (length, together, W. 0.78) has a space with a small moulding above, at the left end, before the text; it has the assembly mark Η̣Α. The other two blocks have no assembly marks; b, broken to the left, is W. c. 0.75; c, broken at the right, is W. 0.47.
Text:: Inscribed in three lines on the fascia.
Letters:: 0.025-0.03; dot for stop; ligatures: ΗΝ, ΗΜ, l. 1; ΗΝ, ΜΗΝ, l. 3
Date:: Second century A.D. (lettering, institutions)
Findspot:: Theatre: stage area
Original Location:: Theatre proskenion frieze. Inscribed on the blocks which make up the cornice, of the Doric order, above 8.1, the inscription of Zoilos, across the back of the Theatre stage. The blocks have simple moulding above, supporting water spouts in the form of lions' heads; the underside has a decoration of mutules. Despite the assembly marks, the elft end seems to join the right end of 8.38.
Last recorded location:: Findspot: restored on the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth blocks from the north; all three blocks are damaged.
History of discovery:: Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.175 and an unnumbered block; a fragment found in 1988, 88.k)
Bibliography:: Published by Roueché, PPA 55b.
Text constituted from:: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).

1 Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησαν Γ | [άιον] Ὁσίδιο[ν Ἰουλι]α̣νὸν φιλόπατριν καὶ εὐεργέτην ἀνα|θέντα χρήματα εἰς ἀγῶν[ας ·· c. 5 ··ε]-

2τηρικοὺς καὶ τῇ [θ]ε<ᾳ> Ἀφροδίτῃ κατ[αλιπ]|όν[τα ἀρ]γύρεα χρυσένπαιστα δηλούμενα διὰ τῆ|ς διαθη̣κῆς αὐτοῦ stop τὸ δὲ [εἰς τὴν ?τεί]-

3 μην τοῦ ΑΝΛ̣Ο̣[·]Ο[··] Ε̣Γ̣Η̣Γ̣ | [·· c. 12 ··]ῶν προσόδων ἐργεπισ̣[τα]τ̣ή̣σαντος Ἀνδρο | [ν]ε̣ί̣κου τοῦ Παρδαλᾶ τ[οῦ ?Παπίου]

1ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΝΓ[····]ΟΣΙΔΙΟ[······]·ΝΟΝΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΝΚΑΙΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΗΝΑΝΑΘΕΝΤΑΧΡΗΜΑΤΑΕΙΣΑΓΩΝ[········]

2ΤΗΡΙΚΟΥΣΚΑΙΤΗ[·]ΕΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΚΑΤ[····]ΟΝ[····]ΓΥΡΕΑΧΡΥΣΕΝΠΑΙΣΤΑΔΗΛΟΥΜΕΝΑΔΙΑΤΗΣΔΙΑΘ·ΚΗΣΑΥΤΟΥSTOPΤΟΔΕ[·········]

3ΜΗΝΤΟΥΑΝ··[·]Ο[··]····[············]ΩΝΠΡΟΣΟΔΩΝΕΡΓΕΠΙ·[··]··ΣΑΝΤΟΣΑΝΔΡΟ[·]··ΚΟΥΤΟΥΠΑΡΔΑΛΑΤ[········]

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Apparatus

l .2, ΘΜΚΗ lapis.

l. 3, ἀνα̣θ̣[ήματος] ? or perhaps ἀνδ̣ρ̣[ιάντος]. At the end of the line perhaps a patronymic, perhaps an office.

Translation:

The Council and the People (honoured) Gaius Hosidius Iulianos, a lover of his country and a benefactor, who dedicated money for contests [ on a ?-year] cycle and to the goddess Aphrodite bequeathed (offerings) of silver inlaid with gold as set out in his will. The [?money ] for the price of the [?offering ?he gave from] [...] income; the work was overseen by Andronikos son of Pardalas [?son of Papias].