Description:
White marble statue base, without any visible moulding (not measurable).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.03; apices on first two letters of ΥΙΟΝ, l. 6; on Υ, l. 9
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Walls, North: re-used in the north wall of the Stadium, west of (12.28=MAMA 497)
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Copied by Sherard in 1716 (10101, 127); by Waddington; by K&R (no notebook reference); recorded by Gaudin (102); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Boeckh, from Sherard, CIG 2792; by Waddington, LBW 1617; mentioned by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, REG 19, 1906, 129, no. 57; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 518, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 229; discussed by W. Eck, ZPE 42 (1981), 235-6, whence SEG 1981.902, BE 1981.517.
Text constituted from:
Publications; Gaudin's squeeze; Preliminary transcription (Reynolds) This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
0[Πόπλιον Αἴλιον]
1[Ἱ]λαριανὸν ἱππ[ι]-
2κὸν Ποπλίου Αἰ-
3λίου Ἀπολλων-
4[ι]ανοῦ πρειμο-
5πειλαρίου υἱὸν -
6Ποπλίου Αἰλίου
7 Ἱλαριανοῦ ὑπα-
8τικοῦ ἔκγονον
9 πολλῶν ὑπατι̣-
10κ̣ῶν καὶ συνκλη-
11τικῶν συνγεν[ῆ]
11a        vacat
12 Πόπλιος Αἴλιος
13 Ἀπολλωνιανὸς
14 scroll ὁ πατήρ leaf
14a        vacat
0[··············]
1[·]ΛΑΡΙΑΝΟΝΙΠΠ[·]
2ΚΟΝΠΟΠΛΙΟΥΑΙ
3ΛΙΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ
4[·]ΑΝΟΥΠΡΕΙΜΟ
5ΠΕΙΛΑΡΙΟΥΥΙΟΝ
6ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥΑΙΛΙΟΥ
7ΙΛΑΡΙΑΝΟΥΥΠΑ
8ΤΙΚΟΥΕΚΓΟΝΟΝ
9ΠΟΛΛΩΝΥΠΑΤ·
10·ΩΝΚΑΙΣΥΝΚΛΗ
11ΤΙΚΩΝΣΥΝΓΕΝ[·]
11a       vacat
12ΠΟΠΛΙΟΣΑΙΛΙΟΣ
13ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΝΟΣ
14 scroll ΟΠΑΤΗΡ leaf
14a       vacat
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Πόπλιον
Αἴλιον
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λαριανὸν
ἱππ
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ι
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κὸν
Ποπλίου
Αἰ
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λίου
Ἀπολλων
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ι
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ανοῦ
πρειμο
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πειλαρίου
υ
ὸν
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Ποπλίου
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Ἱλαριανοῦ
ὑπα
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τικοῦ
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πολλῶν
ὑπατ
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ι
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κ
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ῶν
καὶ
συνκλη
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τικῶν
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Πόπλιος
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πατήρ
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Translation:

Publius Aelius Hilarianos, eques romanus, son of Publius Aelius Apollonianos primipilarius, grandson of Publius Aelius Hilarianos consular, relative of many senatorials and consulars.

Publius Aelius Apollonianos, his father (set up the statue).

Commentary:

This man was honoured, in identical terms, by his mother (12.535=LBW 595) and his father (here). For his career see B. Dobson, Recherches Structures Sociales 110 and n.2, and Eck, loc. cit.

Photographs:

Face (1973)
 Face (1973)

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