12.911. Letter from a proconsul to Aphrodisias

Description:
Two joining fragments of a single white marble block (W. 1.33 x H. 0.33 x D. 0.85).
Text:
inscribed on the upper fascia (ll.1-2) and along the bottom of the lower, recessed, fascia (l.3).
Letters:
second to third centuries A.D.; 0.03
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Walls, West, near 12.903 (= CIG 2754).
Original Location:
unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded in 1934 by the MAMA expedition; recorded by the NYU expedition in 1975.
Bibliography:
Published by Cormack from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, 419, whence Robert Hellenica 13, 125-126, BE 1966.390. Published by Reynolds, A&R 49, whence SEG 32, 1982.1097; BE 1983.391, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 67
Text constituted from:
publications, transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (1982).
1[·· ? ··]ξεσθαι οὐ δίκαιον | δ' ἐμοὶ δοκ̣ε̣ῖ̣ π̣όλ̣ιν ὑμ̣[ετέραν·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· ἀπὸ τῆ]ς καθηγετίδος θ|εᾶς̣ τὴν̣ προσων̣υ̣μ̣[ίαν ἔχουσαν ·· ? ··]
3 [·· ? ·· τὰ δεδομένα φιλάνθρω]πα ὑπό τε αὐτοκρατόρ|[ω]ν καὶ συν̣κ̣λ̣ήτου δ̣[ή]μ̣[ου Ῥωμαίων ·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]ΞΕΣΘΑΙΟΥΔΙΚΑΙΟΝΔ'ΕΜΟΙΔΟ····Ο·ΙΝΥ·[······ - - - ]
2[ - - - ·····]ΣΚΑΘΗΓΕΤΙΔΟΣΘΕΑ·ΤΗ·ΠΡΟΣΩ···[·········· - - - ]
3[ - - - ··················]ΠΑΥΠΟΤΕΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡ[·]ΝΚΑΙΣΥ···ΗΤΟΥ·[·]·[········· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
ξεσθαι
οὐ
δίκαιον
<milestone unit="block" />
δ'
ἐμοὶ
δο
<unclear reason="damage" >
κεῖ
</unclear>
<unclear reason="damage" >
π
</unclear>
ό
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
ιν
ὑ
<unclear reason="damage" >
μ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ετέραν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀπὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῆ
</supplied>
ς
καθηγετίδος
θ
<milestone unit="block" />
εᾶ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ς
</unclear>
τὴ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
προσω
<unclear reason="damage" >
νυμ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ίαν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἔχουσαν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὰ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δεδομένα
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
φιλάνθρω
</supplied>
πα
ὑπό
τε
αὐτοκρατόρ
<milestone unit="block" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ω
</supplied>
ν
καὶ
συ
<unclear reason="damage" >
νκλ
</unclear>
ήτου
<unclear reason="damage" >
δ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ή
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
μ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ῥωμαίων
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, The MAMA expedition is said to have seen a third fragment, now lost, carrying the letters ΠΟΛΙ; ΠΟΛ can still be deduced from the bases of the letters which survive on fragment 2, and a large part of Ι is visible.

l. 2, ΤΗΝ or ΤΗΜ, ΠΡΟΣΛ . . Υ[, MAMA; ἀπὸ τῆ]ς κτλ. τὴν προσω̣[ν]υ[μίαν ἔχουσαν Robert; in fact Ω is certain, followed by three uprights, and there are traces of Μ at the end.

l. 3, - - πα, συ[νκλ]ήτου Λ - MAMA; τὰ δεδομένα φιλάνθρω]πα, συν[κλή]του δ[ογμάτων Robert; the stone has deteriorated since 1934, but the surviving traces suggest the text as above, for there seems to be no room for two leters between Δ̣and Μ̣.

Translation:

[·· ? ··] to [? ] but to me it seems unjust that your city [ . .? . . ]. deriving its name from the goddess who leads it [ . . ? . . ] the privileges given by emperors and the Senate of the Roman [people . . . ]

Commentary:

See Robert, Hellenica XIII, 125 ff, and Reynolds, Aphrodisias and Rome, 177.

Photographs:

Right end (1975)
 Right end (1975)

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