Description:
A very badly worn block perhaps a statue base); perhaps complete at the left in some places.
Text:
Inscribed on one face.
Letters:
0.021
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (terminology)
Findspot:
City, South-west: in a vineyard, inside the walls, near the Baths area.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1904)
History of discovery:
Recorded by Gaudin (179); not reported subsequently.
Bibliography:
Published from Gaudin by Reinach, 83, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 351
Text constituted from:
Gaudin's squeeze; publication. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
0 [?ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος καὶ ἡ γερουσία ἐ]-
1[τεί]μησαν ταῖς [?μεγίσταις τειμαῖς·· c. 4 ··]
2[ἱ]ερέα Ἀθηνᾶς Π[?ολιάδος διὰ τῶν]
3[ε]ὐεργεσιῶν ΕΠΙ̣Λ̣[·· c. 12 ··]
4Ε[·· c. 12 ··]ΠΡ[·· c. 10 ··]
5[·· c. 10 ··]ΑΙΔΕΛ̣[·· c. 10 ··]
7[·· c. 12 ··]ΑΣΑ̣[·· c. 10 ··]
8[·· c. 10 ·· δι]καίῳ [ἱερα]-
9[τεύσα]ντα τῶν [Σεβαστῶν ]
10Δ[··]· μηδὲ ἐν τοῖς [·· c. 10 ··]
11[·· c. 8 ··] τὸν δῆμ[ον]
0[···································]
1[···]ΜΗΣΑΝΤΑΙΣ[····················]
2[·]ΕΡΕΑΑΘΗΝΑΣΠ[·············]
3[·]ΥΕΡΓΕΣΙΩΝΕΠ··[············]
4Ε[············]ΠΡ[··········]
5[··········]ΑΙΔΕ·[··········]
7[············]ΑΣ·[··········]
8[············]ΚΑΙΩ[····]
9[·····]ΝΤΑΤΩΝ[········]
10Δ[··]·ΜΗΔΕΕΝΤΟΙΣ[··········]
11[········]ΤΟΝΔΗΜ[··]
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
βουλὴ
καὶ
δῆμος
καὶ
γερουσία
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<lb n="1" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τεί
</supplied>
μησαν
ταῖς
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
μεγίσταις
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τειμαῖς
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
ερέα
Ἀθηνᾶς
Π
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ολιάδος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
διὰ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῶν
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ε
</supplied>
ὐεργεσιῶν
<orig n="unresolved" >
επ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιλ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="12" unit="character" extentmax="14" />
<lb n="4" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ε
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="12" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
πρ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
αιδε
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="12" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ασ
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" />
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
δι
</supplied>
καίῳ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἱερα
</supplied>
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τεύσα
</supplied>
ντα
τῶν
<supplied reason="lost" >
Σεβαστῶν
</supplied>
<lb n="10" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
δ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="character" />
μηδὲ
ἐν
τοῖς
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" />
<lb n="11" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="8" unit="character" />
τὸν
δῆμ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ον
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

[ So and so] honoured with [?the greatest honours so and so, ] priest of Athena P[olias? ... 5 lines ...] having served as priest of the [Augusti ..] nor in the [...] the people [...]

Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).
Photographs:
none.

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