8.609. Ampelios, father of the city, undertakes restoration work in the Theatre Baths

Description:
Four fragments (two of which join) of white marble revetment. a and b both have an upper edge surviving; otherwise, all sides are broken. b is made up of two joining pieces.
Text:
Inscribed on two faces.
Letters:
Face 1 has letters with clear triangular trenches, which are probably the earlier inscription; cut at 0.165 from the upper edge, they are 0.175 high. Face 2 has letters cut 0.085 from the upper edge; they have broad flat trenches, and measure 0.275.
Date:
Face 2 perhaps mid fifth century (prosopography).
Findspot:
Theatre Baths: south Aula Thermale, stratum 2, trench 3, at floor level.
Original Location:
Unknown; probably findspot.
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977).
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.198).
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 44, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 621.
Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
1
a
1[·· ? ··]Κ̣ΑΙΤ̣[·· ? ··]
b
1[·· ? ··]ΟΥΤΟ[·· ? ··]
c
1[·· ? ··]ΟΛ̣[·· ? ··]
2
a
1[·· ? ··]Χ̣ΑΙΣ̣[·· ? ··]
b
1[·· ? ··]ΑΜΠΕ̣[·· ? ··]
c
1[·· ? ··]Ο[·· ? ··]
1
a
1[ - - - ]·ΑΙ·[ - - - ]
b
1[ - - - ]ΟΥΤΟ[ - - - ]
c
1[ - - - ]Ο·[ - - - ]
2
a
1[ - - - ]·ΑΙ·[ - - - ]
b
1[ - - - ]ΑΜΠ·[ - - - ]
c
1[ - - - ]Ο[ - - - ]
<div type="textpart_section" n="1" >
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
κ
</unclear>
αι
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ουτο
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ο
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="2" >
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
χ
</unclear>
αι
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
αμπ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ο
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
</div>

Apparatus

Face 2 of b is most easily read as Ἀμπε[λιο-] a reference to Ampelius. The final surviving letter might be Η rather than Ε, but the traces do not seem to suggest Ρ, the only other real possibility.

Translation:

1.a. This too [·· ? ··]

2.b. [·· ? ··] Ampe[lios ·· ? ··]

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 IV.21 following.

For Ampelios, see also 4.202, 12.101.ii and 2.19.

Photographs:

44.a.1 Face, with 74.198 a.2 (1977)
 44.a.1 Face, with 74.198 a.2 (1977)
44.a.2 Face, with 74.198 b (1977)
 44.a.2 Face, with 74.198 b (1977)

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