12.535. Honours for Publius Aelius Hilarianos from his mother
- Description:
- Shaft of a white marble statue base; surviving fragment (W. 0.30 × H. 0.24 × D. 0.13).
- Text:
- Inscribed within a moulded front panel.
- Letters:
- 0.03; ligatures: ΗΤΗΡ l. 19; ΜΗ l. 20; ΝΚ ll. 13, 20; ΜΜΗ l. 20; circle for stop, ll. 12, 14, 18, 19.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, content).
- Findspot:
- Walls, South-east: reused in or near the south east stretch of the walls (Sherard, Wood, Bailie); 'in the west wall' Fellows (presumably in error). Fragment found during excavation of the Bouleuterion/Odeon
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Complete block last seen at findspot; surviving fragment in the Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- The complete block was copied in 1705 by Picenini (10102 28v and, from Tisser, 55), whence Sherard (10101.44); by Wood in 1750 (vol. 14 f. 45v); by Deering (5v, no.25); by Fellows; by Loew in 1841; by Bailie; by Le Bas in 1843 and by Waddington in 1851. A fragment of the upper part of the stone, with part of the first three lines, was recorded by the NYU expedition (71.45).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Boeckh from Sherard and Picenini, CIG 2793; by Fellows, no. 40, whence CIG p. 1112; Bailie, no. 63; a correction published by Franz from Loew, a.5; published by Waddington, from Le Bas, no 595, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 230; discussed by W. Eck, ZPE 42 (1981), 235-6, whence SEG 1981.902, BE 1981.517.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds); Deering; Wood; Sherard papers; publications. This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 Πόπλιον Αἴ-
- 2 λιον Ἱλαρια-
- 3 νὸν ἱππικὸν
- 4Ποπλίου Αἰ-
- 5λίου Ἀπολλω-
- 6νιανοῦ πρει-
- 7μιπειλαρίου
- 8 υἱὸν Ποπλί-
- 9ου Αἰλίου
- 10Ἱλαριανοῦ ὑ-
- 11πατικοῦἔκ-
- 12γονον stop πολ
- 13λῶν συνκλη-
- 14τικῶν καὶ ὑ-
- 15πατικῶν συν-
- 16 v. γενῆ vac.
- 17Τιβερία Ἰουλί-
- 18α stop Ἀντωνία Λη-
- 19τωὶς stop μητὴρ καὶ
- 20μάμμη συνκλη-
- 21τικῶν star τὸν
- 22 γλυκύτατον stop
- 23 υἱόν leaf
- 1ΠΟΠΛΙΟΝΑΙ
- 2ΛΙΟΝΙΛΑΡΙΑ
- 3ΝΟΝΙΠΠΙΚΟΝ
- 4ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥΑΙ
- 5ΛΙΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩ
- 6ΝΙΑΝΟΥΠΡΕΙ
- 7ΜΙΠΕΙΛΑΡΙΟΥ
- 8ΥΙΟΝΠΟΠΛΙ
- 9ΟΥΑΙΛΙΟΥ
- 10ΙΛΑΡΙΑΝΟΥΥ
- 11ΠΑΤΙΚΟΥΕΚ
- 12ΓΟΝΟΝ stop ΠΟΛ
- 13ΛΩΝΣΥΝΚΛΗ
- 14ΤΙΚΩΝΚΑΙΥ
- 15ΠΑΤΙΚΩΝΣΥΝ
- 16 ΓΕΝΗ
- 17ΤΙΒΕΡΙΑΙΟΥΛΙ
- 18Α stop ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΛΗ
- 19ΤΩΙΣ stop ΜΗΤΗΡΚΑΙ
- 20ΜΑΜΜΗΣΥΝΚΛΗ
- 21ΤΙΚΩΝ star ΤΟΝ
- 22ΓΛΥΚΥΤΑΤΟΝ stop
- 23ΥΙΟΝ leaf
Apparatus
The letters seen by us have been highlighted.
Line 7: Wood added the E and writes in the margin: The letter interlined is E, which I had forgot in the first writing over; ye two letters wanting look'd like ΛΗ.
ll. 12, 14, 18, 19: stops shown in Bailie's copy only. Further stops shown in Deering's copy, appear to be annotations ?by Leake.
ll. 18/19: ΛΙΤΟΙΣ Sherard; Λητωίς Boeckh, confirmed by later copyists; ΛΗΤΟΙΣ Le Bas.
l. 23, leaf only in Sherard's copy.
Translation:
Publius Aelius Hilarianos, eques romanus, son of Publius Aelius Apollonianos primipilarius, grandson of Publius Aelius Hilarianos consular, relative of many senatorials and consulars.
Tiberia Julia Antonia Letois, mother and grandmother of senatorials, (set up the statue of) her very dear son.
Commentary:
This man was honoured, in identical terms, by his mother (here) and by his father (12.17). For his career see B. Dobson, Recherches Structures Sociales 110 and n. 2, and Eck, loc. cit.
Photographs:
- Upper fragment (1977)
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- Upper fragment (1977)
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- Wood notebook 14, page 45v
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- Deering notebook 5v
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- Deering notebook 6
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