11.212. Titles for images on the funerary monument of Zoilos
- Description:
- White marble relief panels from a monumental public tomb, with sculpted figures ; H. 1.85; width of panels W. 0.75-W. 1.30. The maximum depth of the panels is D. 0.40-D. 0.50.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face next to the figures. Numbers for fitting the blocks survive (H. 0.02-H. 0.03) normally on the upper face of the blocks, but in some cases on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.04-0.05
- Date:
- Late first century A.D. (career, sculpture, lettering)
- Findspot:
- City, Water Channel Area
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum, reassembled (1989)
- History of discovery:
- 2, 3 5 and 7 recorded by A. Guiliano in 1956: other fragments recorded by the NYU expedition over several years: 1: 61.61; 4, 61.62; 8, 77.147; 9 found 1984; 12 66.234. 13 64.242
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reynolds, A&R 34 whence BE 1983.391, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 895 .Republished, with the whole monument, by R. R. R. Smith, Aphrodisias I. The monument of C. Julius Zoilos (Mainz, 1993)
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1982).
- A
- (Numbers (Blocks 1-5))
- 1 | ζ´ v. [ε]´ | ε´ [···] δ´ | δ´ v. γ´ | γ´ v. [β]´ | β´ v. α´ |
- 1-5
- 1 Ἀνδρήα vv. | Ζώιλος (sculpture) Τιμῆ|ι (sculpture) Δῆμο[ς] | Ζώιλος (heads) | Πόλις
- B-D
- 7
- 1Αἰών
- 8
- 1Μνήμη
- 9
- 1Μείνω[ς]
- 12
- 1[Ζ]ώιλος
- 13
- 1 Ἀρ̣̣[ετή]
- 14
- 1Πίστις
- A
- (Numbers (Blocks 1-5))
- 1Ζ [·]Ε[···]ΔΔ ΓΓ [·]Β Α
- 1-5
- 1ΑΝΔΡΗΑ ΖΩΙΛΟΣ(sculpture)ΤΙΜΗΙ(sculpture)ΔΗΜΟ[·]ΖΩΙΛΟΣ(heads)ΠΟΛΙΣ
- B-D
- 7
- 1ΑΙΩΝ
- 8
- 1ΜΝΗΜΗ
- 9
- 1ΜΕΙΝΩ[·]
- 12
- 1[·]ΩΙΛΟΣ
- 13
- 1Α·̣[···]
- 14
- 1ΠΙΣΤΙΣ
<div
type="textpart_face"
n="A"
>
<note>
Numbers (Blocks 1-5)
</note>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="1"
/>
<num
value="6"
>
ζ
</num>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<num
value="5"
>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</num>
ε
</supplied>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="2"
/>
<num
value="5"
>
ε
</num>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<num
value="4"
>
δ
</num>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="3"
/>
<num
value="4"
>
δ
</num>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<num
value="3"
>
γ
</num>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="4"
/>
<num
value="3"
>
γ
</num>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<num
value="2"
>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</num>
β
</supplied>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="5"
/>
<num
value="2"
>
β
</num>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<num
value="1"
>
α
</num>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="6"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_block"
n="1-5"
>
</div>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Ἀνδρήα
<space
extent="2"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="2"
/>
Ζώιλος
<note>
sculpture
</note>
Τιμῆ
<milestone
unit="block"
n="3"
/>
ι
<note>
sculpture
</note>
Δῆμο
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ς
</supplied>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="4"
/>
Ζώιλος
<note>
heads
</note>
<milestone
unit="block"
n="5"
/>
Πόλις
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_face"
n="B-D"
>
<div
type="textpart_block"
n="7"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Αἰών
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_block"
n="8"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Μνήμη
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_block"
n="9"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Μείνω
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ς
</supplied>
<div
type="textpart_block"
n="12"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ζ
</supplied>
ώιλος
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_block"
n="13"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Ἀ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ρ
</unclear>
̣
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ετή
</supplied>
<div
type="textpart_block"
n="14"
>
</div>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Πίστις
</ab>
Translation:
A: Courage, Zoilos, Honour, The People, Zoilos, The City
B-D: 7: Eternity. 8. Memory. 9. Minos 10. Zoilos. 13. Virtue. 14. Faith
Commentary:
For commentary see R. R. R. Smith, op.cit.
Photographs:
- 9, Face (1980)
-
- 8, Face (1980)
-
- 14, Face (1989)
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