11.70. Acclamation for Pytheas
- Description:
- Upper right corner of a white marble statue base shaft without moulding (W. 0.20 × H. 0.36 × D. 0.36) which has been re-used; the top has been hollowed out.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face, above which two holes have been cut.
- Letters:
- Av. 0.04; angular and irregular; scroll for abbreviation.
- Date:
- Late fifth century (prosopography).
- Findspot:
- City, Village: a stray find in the south-east area of the village.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1975 (75.259).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 55 and plate xiii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 840.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[αὔ]ξ̣ι Πυθέας
- 2[ὁ] [μ]εγαλοπρ(επέστατος)
- 3[καὶ ἰλλ]ο̣ύστριος
- 4[·· ? ··
- 1[··]·ΙΠΥΘΕΑΣ
- 2[·][·]ΕΓΑΛΟΠΡ
- 3[······]·ΥΣΤΡΙΟΣ
- 4[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
αὔ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ξ
</unclear>
ι
Πυθέας
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὁ
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
μ
</supplied>
εγαλοπρ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
επέστατος
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἰλλ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
ύστριος
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
Up with Pytheas, magnificentissimus and illustris [·· ? ··
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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