8.233. ?Building dedication for Aphrodite, Emperors and Demos
- Description:
- Two fragments from a white marble ?statue base or ?altar: a: top and right side (0.67 visible x 0.53 x at least 0.22) with remains of moulding above; b: fragment without edges, only partly visible (approx. W. 0.12 × H. 0.07 x depth not measurable).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.05
- Date:
- First to third centuries A.D. (lettering, divinities).
- Findspot:
- Theatre, built into substructure of extension of stage.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1978)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1978 (Theatre 21)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- a
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1 [Ἀφρ]οδίτῃ θεοῖς
- 2 [Σεβ]αστοῖς καὶ τῷ
- 3 [δήμ]ῳ stop Μίλων καὶ Ἑρ-
- 4[μίας] οἱ Μίλωνος stop Ε-
- 5 [·· c. 8 ··]Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Γ [·· ? ··]
- 5a [·· ? ··
- b
- 0 ·· ? ··]
- 1 [·· ? ··]Ι̣ΩΝ[·· ? ··]
- 2 [·· ? ··]Υ̣Τ̣[·· ? ··]
- 2a [·· ? ··
- a
- 0 - - - ]
- 1[···]ΟΔΙΤΗΘΕΟΙΣ
- 2[···]ΑΣΤΟΙΣΚΑΙΤΩ
- 3[···]Ω stop ΜΙΛΩΝΚΑΙΕΡ
- 4[····]ΟΙΜΙΛΩΝΟΣ stop Ε
- 5[········]···Γ[ - - - ]
- 5a[ - - -
- b
- 0 - - - ]
- 1[ - - - ]·ΩΝ[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]··[ - - - ]
- 2a[ - - -
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Ἀφρ
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οδίτῃ
θεοῖς
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<supplied
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Σεβ
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αστοῖς
καὶ
τῷ
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<supplied
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δήμ
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ῳ
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/>
Μίλων
καὶ
Ἑρ
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/>
<supplied
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μίας
</supplied>
οἱ
Μίλωνος
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/>
<orig
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>
ε
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<lb
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/>
<gap
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extent="8"
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dim="left"
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<orig
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<unclear
reason="damage"
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ιιι
</unclear>
γ
</orig>
<gap
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extent="unknown"
unit="character"
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<lb
n="5a"
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<gap
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extent="unknown"
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<div
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<ab>
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<gap
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<lb
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<gap
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<orig
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<unclear
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ι
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ων
</orig>
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<gap
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<orig
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<unclear
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</orig>
υτ
</unclear>
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</ab>
Apparatus
a. l. 4, apparently vac. after Ε.
b. l. 1, [?ἐκ τῶν ἰδ]]ίων.
b. l. 2, the final letter might be Ε, Σ, Τ or Γ
Translation:
a: For Aphrodite, the gods the Augusti and the People. Milon and Hermias the sons of Milon [...] from their own funds.
Commentary:
For a similar text cf. (unpublished) (=82.70)
Photographs:
- a (1978)
-
Representations:
- a and b, squeeze (1978)
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