12.12. Honours probably for Kallikrates son of Molossos

Description:
Part of a white marble stele, broken away above and to the left (W. 0.55 × H. 1.05 × D. 0.12-0.15). with a relief below of a lion apparently with hind legs on a base, a dog below, and a winged victory to the right, her hand upholding the lower right corner of a moulded panel.
Text:
Inscribed on the moulded panel above.
Letters:
First to second century A.D.; 0.03.
Date:
Late first or early second century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Walls, North by the Stadium
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1980)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1979 (Museum 49).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0?·· ? ··]
0a[·· ? ··]       vacat
1[·· ? ··]Ι̣π̣ρ̣ο̣γόνων
2[·· ? ··τ]ῶν ναῶ̣ν τῶν
3[·· ? ··?ἐν Ἀφ]ροδεισιάδι vv.
0?·· ? ··]
0a[ - - - ]       vacat
1[ - - - ]····ΓΟΝΩΝ
2[ - - - ·]ΩΝΝΑ·ΝΤΩΝ
3[ - - - ·····]ΡΟΔΕΙΣΙΑΔΙ  
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" id="gap01" dim="top" />
<lb n="0a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="vertical" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<unclear reason="damage" >
προ
</unclear>
γόνων
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
ῶν
να
<unclear reason="damage" >
ῶ
</unclear>
ν
τῶν
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ἐν Ἀφ
</supplied>
ροδεισιάδι
<space extent="2" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Apparatus

We do not know how many lines are lost above l. 1.

l. 1, the leftmost stroke is compatible with Ν, perhaps, then, from τῶν, but not certainly so

Translation:

. . . ] of his ancestors [ . . ? . . .] of the temples the [ . . ? . . .] ?in Aphrodisias.

Commentary:

It would be reasonable to interpret this text as a record of the restoration of memorials to his ancestors by an Aphrodisian of the late first or early second century A.D., probably Kallikrates son of Molossos, who recorded such activity in 12.402, 12.701, with particular reference to the late Republican Kallikrates son of Pyhthodoros, 11.301 (cf also 12.103, 11.301).

Photographs:

Face (1980)
 Face (1980)
Face (1980)
 Face (1980)

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