15.288. Honours for anonymous

Description:
Right side of a white marble statue base (W. 0.32 × H. 0.37 × D. 0.50) with moulding above and below at the front and on the right face, and ahole for attachment on top.
Text:
Inscribed on fasciae of upper and lower mouldings (ll.1, 2, 9), and on face, which is lightly drafted.
Letters:
Lightly cut; second century A.D.; ave. 0.02; Ligatures: ΗΜll.1, 5 ; ΗΝ ll.5, 8.
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray find from 'fortification area'.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1980)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1977 (77.138)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δ]ῆ̣μος ἐ[τ]εί - v.
2[μησαν ?Ζήνω]να Ἀττάλου
3[τοῦ ·· c. 7 ··]τοῦ Δημέου
4[?ἁνδρα γενό]μενον̣ γέ- v.
5[νους ἐνδό]ξου τὴν δὲ τει-
6[μὴν ·· c. 6 ··]α̣το γένεσθαι Ι̣
7[·· c. 8 ·· ὁ υ]ἱὸς αὐτοῦ ΟΚΑ v.
8[·· c. 8 ··] ἐκ μέρους τὴν v.
9[·· c. 8 ··] ν̣ κρήνην leaf vac.
1[···········]·ΜΟΣΕ[·]ΕΙ 
2[·········]ΝΑΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ
3[··········]ΤΟΥΔΗΜΕΟΥ
4[·········]ΜΕΝΟ·ΓΕ 
5[········]ΞΟΥΤΗΝΔΕΤΕΙ
6[·········]·ΤΟΓΕΝΕΣΘΑΙ·
7[··········]ΙΟΣΑΥΤΟΥΟΚΑ 
8[········]ΕΚΜΕΡΟΥΣΤΗΝ 
9[········]·ΚΡΗΝΗΝ leaf    
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἡ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
βουλὴ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὁ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ῆ
</unclear>
μος
ἐ
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
εί
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
μησαν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
Ζήνω
</supplied>
να
Ἀττάλου
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοῦ
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" />
τοῦ
Δημέου
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ἁνδρα
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
γενό
</supplied>
μενο
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
γέ
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
νους
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐνδό
</supplied>
ξου
τ
ὴν
δὲ
τει
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
μὴν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
το
γένεσθαι
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="8" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὁ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
υ
</supplied>
ἱὸς
αὐτοῦ
<orig n="unresolved" >
οκα
</orig>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="8" unit="character" />
ἐκ
μέρους
τ
ὴν
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="9" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="8" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
κρήνην
<g type="leaf" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l.2, Ζήνων is a name of the right length and common at Aphrodisias.

l. 4, ΜΕΝΟΙΙ: the Ν has no diagonal stroke.

l.6 perhaps ἐπεμελήσατο.

Translation:

[The council and the] People honoured [?Zenon] the son of Attalos [the son of ? . . .]the son of Demeas [a man who came] of a distinguished family. His son [name ?saw to it] that the monument was erected [who had also] in part [paid for ] the fountain.

Commentary:

The family of the honorand is not at present otherwise known. Presumably his son took responsibility for erecting the statue, which was to be placed near a fountain, which the honorand had established with some financial contribution from the son. Which of the several known fountains is nmmeant is not clear.

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)
Face (1980)
 Face (1980)

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