Description of Monument
A white marble capital, with the bust of a man protruding from it (0.25 × 0.62 × 0.705). The head, which has been broken, interrupted the upper rim of the moulding.
Description of Text
The inscription runs in one line on the upper rim, which is broken at the right.
Description of Letters
0.045; tall and thin.
Date
Fourth/fifth century (lettering).
Edition
Felix semper Scholasticius
Translation
May Scholasticius always be fortunate!
Commentary
See discussion at V.60 and, on acclamations, V.54.
Found
Village: re-used in a house near the Theatre. Now in the dig-house garden.
Original Location
Unknown.
Last Recorded Location
Museum.
History of Recording
Found by the NYU expedition in 1969 during destruction of village houses (69. 308).
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 79, whence PHI 807.
Text Constituted From
Transcription (Roueché).
Category of Text
acclamation
Category of Monument
column capital