44. Ampelius, father of the city, undertakes <seg cert="uncertain" part="N">restoration work</seg> in the Theatre BathsCharlotte M. Roueché2004EnglishFrenchGermanAncient GreekModern GreekTransliterated GreekItalianLatinSpanishTurkish2004-06-08Gabriel BodardChecked and fixed all image divs and refs2004-03-24Gabriel BodardCompleted lemmatisation, checked figure ids, tagged keywords2003-11-04John LavagninoConverted beta code to Unicode2003-08-20CMRtagged and corrected2004-01-23CMRtidied; image refs
Description of Monument
Four fragments (two of which join) of white marble revetment. a and b both have an upper edge surviving;
otherwise, all sides are broken. b is made up of two joining pieces.
Description of Text
Inscribed on two faces.
Description of Letters
Face 1 has letters with clear triangular trenches, which are probably the earlier inscription; cut at 0.165 from the upper edge, they are 0.175 high. Face 2 has letters cut 0.085 from the upper edge; they have broad flat trenches, and measure 0.275.
Date
Face 2 perhaps mid fifth century (prosopography).
Edition
καιτουτοολχαισαμπεο
Apparatus
Face 2 of b is most easily read as Ἀμπελιο- a reference to Ampelius. The final surviving letter might be Η rather than Ε, but the traces do not seem to suggest Ρ, the only other real possibility.
Translation
1.a This too 2.b Ampelius
Commentary
See discussion at IV.21 following.
For Ampelius, see also 38, 42, 43, and list of local officials Ampelius.
Found
Theatre Baths: south Aula Thermale, stratum 2, trench 3, at floor level.
Original Location
Unknown; probably findspot.
Last Recorded Location
Museum.
History of Recording
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.198).
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 44, whence PHI621.