12.1011. Honours for Zenon son of Menippos

Description:
A plain white marble statue base, with hole and pouring channel on top for the attachment of a crowning feature (W. 0.545 × H. 1.27 × D. 0.54).
Text:
Inscribed on one face. The stone is complete; the text must have begun on a crowning feature.
Letters:
ll. 1-3, 0.03; ll. 5 ff, 0.025; ligatures: ΜΗ, l.1. ΝΜ in l.4, ΗΝ in ll. 2, 3, 4, 14, ΝΗ l.11. Diaeretic dots around Α in ll. 5, 12, possibly 13; around Ε in ll. 5, 9, 11 (twice), 12; the Βs in ll. 12, 14 are non-standard and slightly different from each other; line above the figure in l. 15.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering and prosopography).
Findspot:
Walls, West Gate: re-used
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1990)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1990 (Walls 162).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 [(e.g.)ἡ πόλις καλλίσταις καὶ πρεπού]-
1σ̣αῖς τειμαῖς ἐτείμησεν
2Ζήνωνα Μενίππου τοῦ
3Ζήνωνος τοῦ Καλλίου
4 τὸν Μενίππου καὶ Ζήνω-
5νος πατέρα ἀρχιερέα τα-
6μίαν νεοποιὸν καὶ τὰς
7 ἀλλὰς ἅπασας ἀρχάς τε
8 καὶ λειτουργίας φιλοτεί-
9μως ἐπιτελέσαντα τῇ
10 πατρίδι stop θαυμασθέντα
11 ἐπί τε σωφροσύνῃ καὶ ἐπι-
12εικείᾳ βίου stop καὶ ἐπὶ εὐνοίᾳ
13 τῇ πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα
13a       vacat
14 ἐπιμεληθέντος Ζηνοβίου
15 vac. δ´ Ἐπαφροδείτου vac.
0[································]
1·ΑΙΣΤΕΙΜΑΙΣΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΕΝ
2ΖΗΝΩΝΑΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥΤΟΥ
3ΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΚΑΛΛΙΟΥ
4ΤΟΝΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥΚΑΙΖΗΝΩ
5ΝΟΣΠΑΤΕΡΑΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΑΤΑ
6ΜΙΑΝΝΕΟΠΟΙΟΝΚΑΙΤΑΣ
7ΑΛΛΑΣΑΠΑΣΑΣΑΡΧΑΣΤΕ
8ΚΑΙΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣΦΙΛΟΤΕΙ
9ΜΩΣΕΠΙΤΕΛΕΣΑΝΤΑΤΗ
10ΠΑΤΡΙΔΙ stop ΘΑΥΜΑΣΘΕΝΤΑ
11ΕΠΙΤΕΣΩΦΡΟΣΥΝΗΚΑΙΕΠΙ
12ΕΙΚΕΙΑΒΙΟΥ stop ΚΑΙΕΠΙΕΥΝΟΙΑ
13ΤΗΠΡΟΣΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ
13a       vacat
14ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΘΕΝΤΟΣΖΗΝΟΒΙΟΥ
15    ΔΕΠΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΟΥ    
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e.g.
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ἡ
πόλις
καλλίσταις
καὶ
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πρεπού
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σ
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αῖς
τειμαῖς
ἐτεί
μη
σεν
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Ζ
ήν
ωνα
Μενίππου
τοῦ
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Ζ
ήν
ωνος
τοῦ
Καλλίου
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τὸ
ν
Μ
ενίππου
καὶ
Ζ
ήν
ω
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νος
πατέρα
ἀρχιερέα
τα
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μίαν
νεοποιὸν
καὶ
τὰς
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ἀλλὰς
ἅπασας
ἀρχάς
τε
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καὶ
λειτουργίας
φιλοτεί
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μως
ἐπιτελέσαντα
τῇ
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πατρίδι
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θαυμασθέντα
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ἐπί
τε
σωφροσύ
νῃ
καὶ
ἐπι
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εικείᾳ
βίου
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καὶ
ἐπὶ
εὐνοίᾳ
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τῇ
πρὸς
τὴν
πατρίδα
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ἐπιμεληθέντος
Ζ
ην
οβίου
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δ
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Ἐπαφροδείτου
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Translation:

[?The city] honoured with [the finest and] fitting honours Zenon son of Menippos the son of Zenon the son of Kallias, father of Menippos and Zenon; high priest (of the Imperial cult), treasurer, temple-builder who had also filled all other offices and liturgies for his country zealously. He was admired for his self-restraint and proper behaviour and for his goodwill towards his country. Zenobios, fourth of the name from Epaphroditos oversaw (provision of the monument).

Commentary:

The sons of this man are honoured in very similar terms in two inscriptions (not yet published)

For the epimelete see 12.1020.

Photographs:

Face (1990)
 Face (1990)
Face (1990)
 Face (1990)

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