Description:
Two joining fragments from the left side of a white marble statue base without back or edges (together W. 0.27 x H. 0.14 x D. 0.10).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.025
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
City, Village: stray finds
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1966 and 1971 (66.257, 71.2)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1 vacat [·· c. 5 ··]
2προνοησα[μένου]
3 τῆς ἀνα[στάσεως]
4 τοῦ ἀγ̣[άλματος]
4a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1       [·····]
2ΠΡΟΝΟΗΣΑ[·····]
3ΤΗΣΑΝΑ[·······]
4ΤΟΥΑ·[·······]
4a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<space extent="7" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" extentmax="6" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
προνοησα
<supplied reason="lost" >
μένου
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
τῆς
ἀνα
<supplied reason="lost" >
στάσεως
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
τοῦ
<unclear reason="damage" >
γ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
άλματος
</supplied>
<lb n="4a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

...] oversaw the erection of the monument.

Commentary:

From the conclusive lines of an honorary text, giving the name of the person who oversaw the execution of the official decision to erect a statue.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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