12.613. Honours for Tiberius Claudius Hierokles

Description:
A white marble base, with moulding above and below (W. 0.69 x H. c. 0.34 x depth not measurable) from a composite monument, of which it formed the right side.
Text:
Inscribed on the exposed face, i. to the left of ii.
Letters:
i. 0.03; ii. l.1, 0.04; ll. 2, 3, 0.03; l.4, 0.025; l.5, 0.02. Rho with a second down stroke.
Date:
Second half of first century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Walls, South (east part): reused upside down in the southern section of the city wall, excavated in 1975.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1975 (Walls 111).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
i
1 [·· ? ··] Γαίον
2[·· ? ··ο]υς υἱὸν
3[·· ? ··] λεγιῶ-
4[νος ·· ? ··] vac.
ii
1 ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος
2 ἐτείμησαν star Τιβέρι
3ον Κλαύδιον Ἀριστο-
4κλέους υἱὸν Κυρίνᾳ vac.
5 vac. Ἱεροκ[λέα] vac.
i
1[ - - - ]ΓΑΙΟΝ
2[ - - - ·]ΥΣΥΙΟΝ
3[ - - - ]ΛΕΓΙΩ
4[··· - - - ]   
ii
1ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣ
2ΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΝ star ΤΙΒΕΡΙ
3ΟΝΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΝΑΡΙΣΤΟ
4ΚΛΕΟΥΣΥΙΟΝΚΥΡΙΝΑ   
5   ΙΕΡΟΚ[···]   
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Γαίον
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ἡ
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Translation:

i. [·· ? ··?honoured] Gaius [? son of ·· ? ··], of legion [·· ? ··]

ii. The Council and the People honoured Tiberius Claudius Hierok[les] son of Aristokles, of the tribe Quirina.

Commentary:

The first honorand was apparently a legionary soldier, so was certainly a Roman citizen, quite possibly a Gaius Julius, but cites his father by a name which was certainly Greek, so may have been the first Roman citizen in the family. The second, with Roman citizenship apparently given by Claudius or Nero, has a Greek name himself and also cites his father by a Greek name, and was very probably himself the recipient of Roman citizenship. Since the juxtaposition of the two suggests a family relationship, they may be two brothers who acquired Roman citizenship in different reigns. Since very few Aphrodisians are known to have served in the Roman army, the reference to a legion is notable.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)
Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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