Description of Monument
Statue base of tapering white marble statue base shaft, damaged above but substantially reconstructed from fragments (0.465–0.425 × 1.17 × 0.44).
Description of Text
Inscribed on one face.
Description of Letters
0.017; apices on Ρ and Α in l. 1; ligatured ΗΝ in ll. 3, 10, ΤΗ in ll. 4, 7, 8, ΗΜ in l. 5.
Date
Probably third century A.D. (lettering; nomenclature).
Edition
Μᾶρκον Αὐρήλιον
νον Ἀρτέμωνος τοῦ
Καλλικλέους ἐπίκλην
Κωλώτην ἀγαλμαγτοποι
ὸν ζήσαντα ἐδημόνως
καὶ σωφρόνως πρὸς ὑπό
δειγμα ἀρετῆς
τὴν δὲ ἀνάστασιν τοῦ
ἀνδρείαντος ἐποιήσατο
Ζηνᾶς ὁ ὑειὸς αὐτοῦ
Apparatus
l. 4, Τ executed as a Γ.
Translation
Statue of Marcus Aurelius nus, son of Artemon son of Kallikles, surnamed "Gecko", sculptor; he lived with modesty and self-control, giving an example of virtue. The erection of the statue was the action of Zenas, his son.
Commentary
See Erim-Reynolds, loc. cit.
Locations
Walls, South (east part), in the excavation area Unknown Museum.
History of Recording
Recorded by the NYU expedition (76.96, SBI 28).
Bibliography
Published in Erim-Reynolds, 'Sculptors' no.19, whence SEG 40 1990.942
Text Constituted From
Transcription (Reynolds).