8. Verse honours for <seg cert="uncertain" part="N">a governor</seg> Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

A white marble columnar statue base shaft, broken above, standing on a high plinth. The column has been re-used; decoration in relief survives on what is now the back.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the upper part of the shaft.

Description of Letters

0.03.

Date

Third/fourth century (lettering).

Edition s n inemptum eii de marmore lingua fundere iura sua orum quae referre tribunal
Apparatus

l.4 quae for que (Feissel, JRA, Jones, per litteras).

Translation not bought from the marble in his own/in their tongue, to pour out the laws and to recall, the tribunal of the (?)
Commentary

Jones has offed the conjecture celsumque referre tribunal; but the surviving letter before UM does not appear to be an S.

See discussion at II.15.

Found

North Temenos House: standing in the north-east corner of a large central room or court. See plan 5.

Original Location

Findspot.

Last Recorded Location

Findspot.

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 8, whence PHI 397, Steinepigramme 02/09/25.

Text Constituted From

Copies (Reynolds, Roueché).

Photographs

Face: right view (1977)

Face: left view (1977)

Back (2004)

Right side (2004)

Left side (2004)

Face (2004)

View (2004)

Category of Text

honours; verse; governor.

Category of Monument

statue base shaft.