73. Verse honours for John, leader of the Council Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

A rectangular white marble statue base shaft, broken in two (total 1.27 × 0.50 × 0.40), with panels within moulded edges on three sides.

Description of Text

Inscribed within the central panel.

Description of Letters

Av. 0.04, ll.9-10, 0.03; irregular; Ε lunate and square; ligature in l.2

Date

Late fifth/sixth century (language).

Edition Πατρὶς Ἰωάννην πρωτόθρο νον ἀνέρα βουλῆς στῆσεν δεξαμένη θρεπτήρια πολλάκι πολλά.
Translation The fatherland set up this statue of John, who has the first seat in the Council, having often received from him many repayments for his rearing.
Commentary

See discussion at V.51 following.

Found

Temple-Church: re-used face downwards as a step at the north-west corner of the Bema.

Original Location

Unknown; Bouleuterion.

Last Recorded Location

Temple-Church.

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1965 (65.511).

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 73 and plate xviii, whence Steinepigramme 02/09/13; not in PHI.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

Face

Top of base (1994)

Lower face, right side and underside (2004)

Category of Text

honours; verse.

Category of Monument

statue base shaft