12.924. Honours for the People of Keretapa
- Description:
- Fragment of a white marble statue base without moulding, (H. 0.94 x W. 0.30 x D. 0.45) with upper edge surviving, cut down at both sides ?for re-use.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face
- Letters:
- standard second-/third- century forms; ll.1-9, 0.03; ll.10-13, 0.022; ligatures: ΔΗ, l.1.
- Date:
- Mid third century (prosopography)
- Findspot:
- Walls, West: on the stretch south of the west gate, near 12.925 and 12.929
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Kubitschek and Reichel, (K V, 11; Abklatsch 24); recorded by Gaudin (40); by the MAMA expedition; found by the current expedition in 1975 (SBI 44).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Kubitschek and Reichel, no. 12; from Gaudin's squeeze by Reinach, 32, whence L. Robert, Villes d'Asie Mineure2 (Paris, 1962), 107; , by J. M. R. Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA VIII.512; by Roueché, PPA 58.
- Text constituted from:
- Publications; transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[ὁ] δ̣ῆμος [τῆς λαμ]-
- 2[π]ροτάτη̣[ς] Ἀφρο-
- 3δ̣εισιέω̣[ν πόλε]-
- 4ω̣ς τὸν λ̣[αμπρό]-
- 5τ̣ατον δ[ῆμον]
- 6[Κ]ε̣ρετα[πέων]
- 7[σ]υνθύσαν̣[τα ἐπὶ]
- 8[τῇ] δεδομ[ένῃ τοῦ ἱε]-
- 9[ρ]οῦ ἀγῶν[ος δωρεᾷ]
- 10 vac.
- 11 [προ]νοησαμέ̣[νου Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου)]
- 12[Παπ]ί̣ου τοῦ Π̣[απίου δ´ τοῦ
- 13[Διογ]έ̣νους το̣[ῦ πρωτο] -
- 14[λόγο]υ ἄρχον[τος τὸ β]´
- 15 vac.
- 1[·]·ΗΜΟΣ[······]
- 2[·]ΡΟΤΑΤ·[·]ΑΦΡΟ
- 3·ΕΙΣΙΕ·[·····]
- 4·ΣΤΟΝ·[·····]
- 5·ΑΤΟΝΔ[····]
- 6[·]·ΡΕΤΑ[····]
- 7[·]ΥΝΘΥΣΑ·[·····]
- 8[··]ΔΕΔΟΜ[········]
- 9[·]ΟΥΑΓΩΝ[·······]
- 10
- 11[···]ΝΟΗΣΑΜ·[·················]
- 12[···]·ΟΥΤΟΥ·[··········
- 13[····]·ΝΟΥΣΤ·[······]
- 14[····]ΥΑΡΧΟΝ[·····][·]
- 15
Translation:
The People of the most splendid city of the Aphrodisians (honoured) the most splendid People of the Keretapeans, who joined in the sacrifice for the giving of the grant of the sacred contest. Under the supervision of Marcus Aurelius Papias son of Papias son of Papias son of Papias son of Papias son of Papias son of Diogenes, first Archon for the second time.
Commentary:
This is one of a group of dedications for neighbouring communities: see 12.925, 12.926, 12.927, 12.928, 12.929 and 12.930. The text has been restored on the basis of 12.925, 12.926. See further Roueché PPA, ad loc.
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