Description:
White marble block chipped along the upper edge and still partly buried (visible W. 1.13 xH. 0.38 x W. 0.62).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Early, probably I A.D.; ave. 0.018. pi with a short second upright; rho with a small stroke from the lower junction of the bowll with the upright; serifs small and not invariably used; lineation uneven.
Date:
First century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
built face-upwards into Walls, East (south part), south of the entrance to the site, near 12.328, 12.320 (=MAMA 428, 556b).
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1975)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 133).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 ὁ δῆμος ἔθαψεν̣ [Ἄτ]-
2ταλον Ἀττάλου [τοῦ]
3 Ἀττάλου τοῦ Ἑρμολά-
4ου παῖδα τὴν ἡλικίαν
5 καὶ ἐστεφάνωσεν χρυ-
6σῷ στεφάνωι vac.
6a vac.
1ΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΘΑΨΕ·[··]
2ΤΑΛΟΝΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ[···]
3ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥΤΟΥΕΡΜΟΛΑ
4ΟΥΠΑΙΔΑΤΗΝΗΛΙΚΙΑΝ
5ΚΑΙΕΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΣΕΝΧΡΥ
6ΣΩΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΙ   
6a   
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
δῆμος
ἔθαψε
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἄτ
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
ταλον
Ἀττάλου
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοῦ
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
Ἀττάλου
τοῦ
Ἑρμολά
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
ου
παῖδα
τὴν
ἡλικίαν
<lb n="5" />
καὶ
ἐστεφάνωσεν
χρυ
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
σῷ
στεφάνωι
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="6a" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Translation:

The People buried Attalos son of Attalos son of Attalos son of Hermolaos, a boy in age-group, and crowned him with a gold crown.

Commentary:

The honorand was from a family of the civic aristocracy. The text also attests a formal organisation of children, and the civic practice of honours for the children of the prominent

Photographs:

Face (1975)
 Face (1975)

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