12.636. Opening line of honours formula
- Description:
- A white marble fragment (W. 0.20 × H. 0.29 × D. 0.16) with elaborate moulding above.
- Text:
- Inscribed on face below; only parts of letters survive.
- Letters:
- Second to third centuries A.D. standard forms, at least 0.02.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Walls, south (east part): during excavation of house at south wall.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 161)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[ἡ βουλὴ] καὶ ὁ δ̣ῆ̣[μος ·· ? ··]
- 1[······]ΚΑΙΟ··[··· - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἡ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
βουλὴ
</supplied>
καὶ
ὁ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
δῆ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
μος
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[The Council] and the Pe[ople] [...]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1989)
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