Description:
White marble block incorporating a simple moulding, (W. 1.02 × H. 0.48 × D. 0.33). Part of a composite monument; the probable restoration of l. 2 strongly suggests that a block of equal size constituted the missing right half of the monument.
Text:
Inscribed on one face, in two planes.
Letters:
ll. 1,2, 0.032; l. 3, 0.035.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Necropolis, South: south of the south city wall, in a field wall, next to 13.406 (= MAMA 574)
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1973)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 142); brought in in 1989.
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 vac. ἀναθέντος δὲ καὶ Τίτου Αἰ[λίου ·· c. 23 ··]-
2 vac. διανοῦ τῇ βουλῇ εἰς αἰωνίο[υς κληροὺς καθῶς διὰ τῆς ἀνα]-
3 vacat θέσεως δη[λοῦται ·· ? ··? vacat ·· ? ··
3a       vacat [·· ? ··
1     ΑΝΑΘΕΝΤΟΣΔΕΚΑΙΤΙΤΟΥΑΙ[···························]
2     ΔΙΑΝΟΥΤΗΒΟΥΛΗΕΙΣΑΙΩΝΙΟ[·· ························]
3               ΘΕΣΕΩΣΔΗ[······ ·· ? ··················· ? ··
3a       vacat [·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<space extent="5" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
ἀναθέντος
δὲ
καὶ
Τίτου
Αἰ
<supplied reason="lost" >
λίου
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="23" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
<space extent="5" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
διανοῦ
τῇ
βουλῇ
εἰς
αἰωνίο
<supplied reason="lost" >
υς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
κληροὺς
καθῶς
διὰ
τῆς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀνα
</supplied>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
<space extent="15" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
θέσεως
δη
<supplied reason="lost" >
λοῦται
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
<space extent="15" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
<lb n="3a" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="vertical" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] the dedication being by T. Aelius [·· ? ·· ·· ? ··]dianos to the Council with a view to eternal [distributions as is set out in] the dedicatory document.

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1973)
 Face (1973)
Shadowed area (1973)
 Shadowed area (1973)
Face (1989)
 Face (1989)

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