<rs type="textType">Letter</rs> from a Roman official to Aphrodisias

Joyce M. Reynolds1982

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Originally published in Reynolds (1982).

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Description of Monument

Fragment from the bottom of a white marble stele moulded below (0.30 xh. 0.16 x 0.115).

Description of Text

Inscribed on one face, which seems very slightly concave.

Letters

Second to third centuries A.D. standard forms; 0.012

Date

Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)

Edition εἰσπράσσει εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν κομιδήν εται καὶ τοῦ τελώνου κωλύσει εὐτυχεῖτε
Apparatus

ll. 1, 2. Only the bases of the dotted letters survive.

Translation

. . .] ? he exacts [ . . ? . .] ? with a view to personal supply [ . . ? . . ] and of the tax-collector [ . . ? . .] he will prevent [ . . ? . .]. Farewell

Commentary

See Aphrodisias and Rome, 178-9.

Locations

Bouleuterion/Odeon, North Area: NE Odeon, Trench B, depth 1.30 unknown Museum

Text Constituted From

transcription (Reynolds)

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.156)

Bibliography

Published by Reynolds, A&R 51, whence BE 1983.391, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 65 .

Photographs

Face (1973)