12.417. Honours for Apollonios the high-priest

Description:
White marble statue base shaft (W. 0.56 × H. 1.18 × D. 0.48) with moulded panels on all four sides.
Text:
Inscribed on the front panel. l. 1 is cut on the upper moulding. The text must have begun on an upper feature, now lost.
Letters:
ll. 1-18, 0.0275; ll. 19ff, 0.03. Ligatures: l.3, ΝΕ; l.6, ΜΜ; l.15, ΗΚ; l.18, 20, ΗΝ. Omicron in l. 20 cut small.
Date:
Late second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, nomenclature).
Findspot:
Walls, South-east gate: Below modern ground level, east of the gate, with 13.304 (= Reinach 190)
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by K&R (KIII.32) who did not see l. 1; by Gaudin (15); by the NYU expedition in 1976 (76.184; SBI 30)
Bibliography:
Published by K&R, Anz Akad Wien, no. 9; from Gaudin's squeeze by Reinach, 77, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 338; cited from Reinach by Oikonomos, Arch Delt 1921/22, 294.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds); Gaudin's squeeze. This edition Reynolds (2007).
0[?ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησεν]
1 vv. Ἀπολλωνίου vv.
2 vac. ἀρχιερέα vac.
3 ταμίαν πρωτονε-
4οποιὸν πρῶτον
5 ἄρχοντα δὶς v.
6 γραμματέα τοῦ
7 δήμου δὶς βού-
8λαρχον καὶ τὰς
9 ἄλλας πάσας
10 ἀρχὰς καὶ λει-
11τουργίας ἐνδό-
12ξως ἀπὸ προγό-
13νων ἐκτετελε-
14κότα ἄνδρα πρᾶ-
15ον καὶ ἐπ<ι>εικῆ καὶ
16 ἐν πᾶσιν φιλό-
17τειμον περὶ v.
18 τὴν πατρίδα
18a        vacat
18b        vacat
19 ἐπιμελησαμένου
20Μάρ(κου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ζηνοβίου
21Εἰάσονος ἀρχιε -
22ρέως τοῦ γαμ-
23βροῦ αὐτοῦ scroll
0[·····························]
1  ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ  
2    ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΑ    
3ΤΑΜΙΑΝΠΡΩΤΟΝΕ
4ΟΠΟΙΟΝΠΡΩΤΟΝ
5ΑΡΧΟΝΤΑΔΙΣ 
6ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΑΤΟΥ
7ΔΗΜΟΥΔΙΣΒΟΥ
8ΛΑΡΧΟΝΚΑΙΤΑΣ
9ΑΛΛΑΣΠΑΣΑΣ
10ΑΡΧΑΣΚΑΙΛΕΙ
11ΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣΕΝΔΟ
12ΞΩΣΑΠΟΠΡΟΓΟ
13ΝΩΝΕΚΤΕΤΕΛΕ
14ΚΟΤΑΑΝΔΡΑΠΡΑ
15ΟΝΚΑΙΕΠΕΙΚΗΚΑΙ
16ΕΝΠΑΣΙΝΦΙΛΟ
17ΤΕΙΜΟΝΠΕΡΙ 
18ΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ
18a       vacat
18b       vacat
19ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ
20ΜΑΡΑΥΡΖΗΝΟΒΙΟΥ
21ΕΙΑΣΟΝΟΣΑΡΧΙΕ
22ΡΕΩΣΤΟΥΓΑΜ
23ΒΡΟΥΑΥΤΟΥ scroll
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ἡ
βουλὴ
καὶ
ὁ
δῆμος
ἐτείμησεν
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Ἀπολλωνίου
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ἀρχιερέα
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ταμίαν
πρωτονε
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οποιὸν
πρῶτον
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ἄρχοντα
δὶς
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γραμματέα
τοῦ
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δήμου
δὶς
βού
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λαρχον
καὶ
τὰς
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ἄλλας
πάσας
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ἀρχὰς
καὶ
λει
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τουργίας
ἐνδό
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ξως
ἀπὸ
προγό
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νων
ἐκτετελε
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κότα
ἄνδρα
πρᾶ
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ον
καὶ
ἐπ
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ι
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εικῆ
καὶ
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ἐν
πᾶσιν
φιλό
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τειμον
περὶ
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τὴν
πατρίδα
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<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="horizontal" />
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ἐπιμελησαμένου
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<expan>
<abbr>
Μάρ
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<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
κου
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</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ηλίου
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</expan>
Ζηνοβίου
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Εἰάσονος
ἀρχιε
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ρέως
τοῦ
γαμ
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βροῦ
αὐτοῦ
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Translation:

[So and so honoured so and so, son/descendant] of Apollonios, high-priest, treasurer, chief temple-builder, twice chief archon, twice secretary of the People, chief councillor, who has also carried out all the other offices and liturgies honourably (in a manner inherited) from his forefathers; a kind man and moderate and generous in all matters concerning his fatherland.

Marcus Aurelius Zenobios Jason, high-priest, his brother-in-law (?son-in-law), took responsibility (for putting up the monument).

Commentary:

The honouring body or bodies were presumably named on a base capital. It is not entirely clear which of the last three offices the honorand performed twice.

Photographs:

Face (1985)
 Face (1985)

Representations:

Kubitschek notebook III, 32
 Kubitschek notebook III, 32

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