12.931. Honours for Aur(elius) Gaius, centurio frumentarius

Description:
Plain white marble statue base (W. 0.53 × H. 1.09 × D. 0.50), broken at the upper corners and upper right side.
Text:
Inscribed on the face. The upper edge, although chipped, is complete; the text must have begun on an upper feature.
Letters:
Lines 1-10, 0.03; lines 11 ff., 0.025. Ligatures: TH, l. 9, ME, l. 11. Circular stop; full-stop to mark abbreviation.
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering, nomenclature, content)
Findspot:
Walls, West: fallen from the streach south of the West gate, near 12.925 (=CIG 2763) and 12.929 (=2765), 12.924 (=MAMA 512).
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1994)
History of discovery:
Recorded by Gaudin (39); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, REG 19, 1906, 145-147, no. 78, whence ILS 9474; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 508; by Roueché, JRS 71, 1981, 113-117, no. 7, whence SEG 1981.905, col. 1, BE 1982.357, AnnEpig 1981.771, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 256.
Text constituted from:
Publications; Gaudin's squeeze; Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0[?ἡ πόλις]
1 [Α]ὐρ(ήλιον) v. Γάϊον [ἑκα]-
2 τόνταρχον φρ̣[ου]-
3 μεντάριον stop ἁ
4 γνῶς καὶ ἀνδρεί-
5 ως ἀναστραφέν-
6 τα ἐν τῷ τῆς Ἀσί-
7 ας ἔθνει stop εὐνοί
8 ας καὶ στοργῆς ἕ-
9 νεκεν τῆς εἰς αὑ-
10 τὴν ἠμείψατο
10a        vacat
11 ἐπεμελήσατο τῆς
12 ἀναστάσεως τοῦ
13 ἀνδριάντος ὁ ἀξι-
14 ολογώτατος stop Ἀντ(ώνιος)
15 scroll Νεικόμαχος scroll .
0[·······]
1[·]ΥΡ stop  ΓΑΙΟΝ[···]
2ΤΟΝΤΑΡΧΟΝΦ·[··]
3ΜΕΝΤΑΡΙΟΝ stop Α
4ΓΝΩΣΚΑΙΑΝΔΡΕΙ
5ΩΣΑΝΑΣΤΡΑΦΕΝ
6ΤΑΕΝΤΩΤΗΣΑΣΙ
7ΑΣΕΘΝΕΙ stop ΕΥΝΟΙ
8ΑΣΚΑΙΣΤΟΡΓΗΣΕ
9ΝΕΚΕΝΤΗΣΕΙΣΑΥ
10ΤΗΝΗΜΕΙΨΑΤΟ
10a       vacat
11ΕΠΕΜΕΛΗΣΑΤΟΤΗΣ
12ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΣΤΟΥ
13ΑΝΔΡΙΑΝΤΟΣΟΑΞΙ
14ΟΛΟΓΩΤΑΤΟΣ stop ΑΝΤ stop
15 scroll ΝΕΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΣ scroll
<ab>
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ἡ
πόλις
</supplied>
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<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Α
</supplied>
ὐρ
<orig >
<g type="stop" />
</orig>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ήλιον
</supplied>
</expan>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
Γάϊον
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἑκα
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
τόνταρχον
φ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ου
</supplied>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
μεντάριον
<g type="stop" />
ἁ
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
γνῶς
καὶ
ἀνδρεί
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
ως
ἀναστραφέν
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
τα
ἐν
τῷ
τῆς
Ἀσί
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
ας
ἔθνει
<g type="stop" />
εὐνοί
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
ας
καὶ
στοργῆς
ἕ
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
νεκεν
τῆ
ς
εἰς
αὑ
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
τὴν
ἠμείψατο
<lb n="10a" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="11" />
ἐπε
με
λήσατο
τῆς
<lb n="12" />
ἀναστάσεως
τοῦ
<lb n="13" />
ἀνδριάντος
ὁ
ἀξι
<lb n="14" type="worddiv" />
ολογώτατος
<g type="stop" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Ἀντ
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<g type="stop" />
</orig>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ώνιος
</supplied>
</expan>
<lb n="15" />
<g type="scroll" />
Νεικόμαχος
<g type="scroll" />
.
</ab>

Translation:

[?The city has honoured] Aur(elius) Gaius, centurio frumentarius, who has conducted himself decently and bravely in the province of Asia, for his goodwill and affection towards her. The most worthy Ant(onius) Neikomachos oversaw the erection of the statue.

Commentary:

This inscription is similar to, but not identical with, 12.932 (=CIG 2802). Foer discussion, see Roueché, JRS 71, 1981, 113-117.

Photographs:

Face (1976)
 Face (1976)
Face (1994)
 Face (1994)

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