13.119. Votive dedication by children of Hermias
- Description:
- A white marble altar (W. 0.305 at top, W. 0.265 centre, W. 0.35 at base × H. 0.84 × D. 0.56) with moulding above and below on three sides, which has been cut away on the left side. The back is rough.
- Text:
- Inscribed (l. 1) on the upper moulding, and (ll. 2-5) on the face, above a relief of a swag with a pendant object.
- Letters:
- 0.0175–0.024; square sigma, lunate omega
- Date:
- First to third centuries A.D. (terminology)
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, North-east: Turkish cemetery: re-used in the east wall
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- findspot (1976).
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by Gaudin (56); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reinach, from Gaudin, REG 19, 1906, 108, no. 23, whence Weinreich, MDAI(A) 37, 1912, 20, no. 94; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, 456, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 173.
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publications This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1 θεοῖς ἐπηκόοις
- 2 Εὐάνθης κ<α>ὶ
- 3 Φιλήτη οἱ Ἑρμί-
- 4ου ὑπὲρ τῶν ἰ-
- 5δίων εὐχήν
- 1ΘΕΟΙΣΕΠΗΚΟΟΙΣ
- 2ΕΥΑΝΘΗΣΚΙ
- 3ΦΙΛΗΤΗΟΙΕΡΜΙ
- 4ΟΥΥΠΕΡΤΩΝΙ
- 5ΔΙΩΝΕΥΧΗΝ
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θεοῖς
ἐπηκόοις
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Εὐάνθης
κ
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>
α
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ὶ
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Φιλήτη
οἱ
Ἑρμί
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n="4"
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ου
ὑπὲρ
τῶν
ἰ
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n="5"
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δίων
εὐχήν
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Translation:
To the gods who listen: Euanthes and Philete, children of Hermias (paid) the vow for their family.
- Commentary:
- No commentary yet (2007).
Photographs:
- Face (1976)
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