83. Acclamations for Albinus, <term lang="lat">clarissimus</term>; 84. Acclamation for the cityCharlotte M. Roueché2004EnglishFrenchAncient GreekLatin2004-06-08Gabriel BodardChecked and fixed all image divs and refs2004-03-24Gabriel BodardCompleted lemmatisation, checked figure ids, tagged keywords2003-11-04John LavagninoConverted beta code to Unicode2003-07-18Juan Garcéslemmatised2003-08-24CMRtagged and corrected2004-01-10CMRchecked; image refs.
Description of Monument
Nineteen out of an original twenty white marble columns, all on identical bases. The columns, c. 0.15 in diameter, are smooth to a height of 1.73, and fluted above, They are made in two sections; the join between the two is not always at the same point, being sometimes below, and sometimes above the line where the fluting begins, but the overall effect is uniform and elegant.
Description of Text
Each of the surviving columns bears an inscription, cut just below the fluting, at a distance varying from 0.3 to 0.05, on the west face of the column. The inscriptions were, therefore, on the face sheltered by the roof of the portico, and have preserved traces of red paint in the letters. They form a series to be read from left to right—that is, from north to south. They were probably carved in that order; the lettering is at its most formal at the northern end of the portico, and becomes more cursive towards the south
Description of Letters
The letters are clearly cut, with deep triangular trenches. They vary substantially in size—mostly between 0.04 and 0.07, but occasionally 0.03 to 0.09 - and in form, with both square and lunate versions of alpha, delta, epsilon, mu and omega. Scroll for abbreviation in ix, xiii, xvi, xvii, xx; letter above line in v.
Shallow lettering, 0.035 - 0.05.
Date
Sixth century.
Edition
εἰςτὸνκόσμονὅλονεἷςὁθεός.
πολλὰτὰἔτητῶνβασιλέων.
πολλὰτὰἔτητῶνἐπάρχων.
πολλὰτὰἔτητῆςσυνκλήτου.
πολλὰτὰἔτητῆςμητροπόλεως.
περδεἈλβῖνεαὔξιὁκτίστηςτῆςστοᾶς.
φιλόπατρεικύριδιαμίνηςἡμῖν.
The surface is worn, and the upper edge is chipped.τὰσὰκτίσματααἰωνίαὑπόμνησιςἈλβῖνεφιλοκτίστα.
This inscription has been almost entirely erased by a large cavity cut into the column, almost certainly intended to lodge one end of a beam; this was presumably done at a time when the portico had fallen into partial disrepair, and was being occupied by squatters.ιτιζασσημογοιονἈλβῖνελαμπρότατε.
περδεἈλβῖνεηδετίἐχαρίσω.
ὅληἡπόλιςτοῦτολέγι· τοὺςἐχθρούςσουτῷποταμῷ.ὁμέγαςθεὸςτοῦτοπαράσχῃ.
This column is lost; but there can be no doubt that it was inscribed.The inscription on this column is divided by the join between the upper and lower sections of the column. Since my first publication of the texts in 1984, the upper section of the column has been moved, revealing the whole of the first line. The lower part was copied by Mendel, and published by Grégoire under IGC 274; he seems to have assumed that it was on the same stone as iv.αὔξιἈλβῖνοςὁλανπρότατοςτῇσυνκλήτῳ.
As in xiii, the inscription spanned the join between the upper and lower sections of the column; the upper section is now lost, and may have contained a further line, although what remains makes sense as it stands. Immediately below the inscription is a small naked female figure—perhaps Tyche?; compare 83.xx.ὁφθόνοςτύχηνοὐνικᾷ.
This inscription also spans the join between the upper and lower sections of the column, both of which survive.αὔξιἈλβῖνοςὁκτίστηςκαὶτούτουτοῦἔργου.
The surface is chipped below, at the left.χρήματαπαρίδεςκαὶδόξανἐκτήσωἈλβῖνελανπρότατεἐκπρογόνωνφιλόπατριἈλβῖνελανπρότατεἄφθονάσοιγένοιτο.
The column is cracked, and the surface broken away at the left.κτίσμαπόλιπαρέχωνκαὶἐντούτῳεὐφημῖτε.
τοῖςκτίσμασίνσουτὴνπόλινἐφέδρυναςἈλβῖνεφιλόπατρι.The column is cracked, and parts of the surface are lost.ἡπόλιςὅληὁμοφώνωςεὐφημήσασα λέγι· ὁσοῦληθαργῶν, Ἀλβῖνελανπρότατεθεὸνοὐκοἶδεν.Immediately below and to the left is a small seated male figure, holding something in each hand; above this, in small letters, is inscribedπάπααι
Some way below this is cut a further inscription, in shallow lettering, apparently different from that of 83.xx.νικᾷἡτύχητῆςπό
λεως.
Apparatus
83. iv and xiii Grégoire wrote συγκλήτου, συγκλήτῳ; his copy of
xiii from Mendel had ΛΑΝΤΡ.
viii: l.1, where Fellows saw some traces of letters, was
omitted by Reinach.
xix: l.2, the Ο of πόλιν is written above the Π.
Translation
i. God is one, for the whole world!
ii. Many years for the emperors!
iii. Many years for the eparchs!
iv. Many years for the Senate!
v. Many years for the metropolis!
vi. PERDE Albinus - up with the builder of the stoa!
vii. Lord, lover of your country, remain for us!
viii. Your buildings are an eternal reminder, Albinus, you who love to build.
ix. . . . ] Albinus clarissimus.
x. PERDE Albinus, behold what you have given!
xi. The whole city says this: 'Your enemies to the river! May the great God provide this!'
xii. is lost.
xiii. Up with Albinus clarissimus, to the Senate!
xiv. envy does not vanquish fortune.
xv. Up with Albinus, the builder of this work also!
xvi. You have disregarded wealth and obtained glory, Albinus clarissimus.
xvii. Albinus clarissimus, like your ancestors a lover of your country. may you receive plenty.
xviii. Providing a building for the city, he is acclaimed in it also.
xix. With your buildings you have made the city brilliant, Albinus, lover of your country.
xx. The whole city, having acclaimed you with one voice, says: 'He who forgets you, Albinus clarissimus, does not know God.'
84. The fortune of the city triumphs!
Commentary
For Albinus see also 82 and discussion at VI.6.
Found
South Agora: west portico: i: 'Galerie de l'Est (partie Nord). iv: 'Galerie de l'Est (partie Nord)' Boulanger; xiii: : 'Galerie de l'Est: plus à l'Est' (than ALA 26) (Boulanger).
Original Location
Findspot (fallen).
Last Recorded Location
Findspot (re-erected).
History of Recording
i Excavated by Mendel in 1905; copied by Boulanger (notebook A, 61, no. 20, whence B, 13, no 13). iv Excavated by Mendel in 1905; copied by Boulanger (notebook A, 61, no. 19, whence B, 13, no 12); viii copied by Fellows, recorded by Gaudin (33); xi: First letters of ll. 1 and 2 uncovered by Mendel and copied by Boulanger, (notebook A, 60, no. 25; not transcribed in B); xiii Lines 2-3 Copied by Mendel in 1905; by Boulanger in 1913 (Notebook A, p.53, no. 3). All recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography
i, iv published from Mendel by Grégoire, IGC271, 274, whence i published by Peterson, 78 no. 4; viii published by Fellows, no. 63, whence CIG2809b (p. 1112); by Reinach, no. 212, from Gaudin, whence Grégoire, IGC273. 83, i-xx, and 84 published by Roueché, (1984), 191-3 nos. 1-20, whence SEG1984.1046-1065, BE1987.466; An.Ép.1984, 883; republished by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity nos. 83.i-xx, 84 whence PHI656, 845-862, 864; vi and vii discussed by Daniel, ZPE 61, 1985, 127-130; vi by D. Bain, 'Six Greek verbs of sexual congress', CQ 41 (1991), 51-77, 53; vi, vii, x, xi cited in Steinepigramme02/09/01.