<rs type="textType">Verse</rs> <rs type="textType">honours</rs> for Albinos

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (2004).

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Description of Monument

The upper part of a columnar statue base shaft (0.40, diam. 0.50) of bluish marble, chipped above and broken below.

Description of Text

Inscribed on one side.

Description of Letters

0.04-0.045; lunate.

Date

Sixth century (lettering, prosopography).

Edition Ἀγαθῇ Τύχῃ· Ἀλβῖνον φι λόπατριν ἀμει βομένη πόλις ἔργοις αἰνυμένη σ τῆσε χρυσὸν ἀπει ρέσιον, ορε αοιστ
Translation To Good Fortune. The city, repaying his good works, set up this statue of Albinos, lover of his country, enjoying untold gold which he has given .
Commentary

For Albinos see also 4.21 and discussion at VI.6.

Locations

Found: South Agora: west portico, at the southern end.. Original location: Unknown, but probably near findspot.. Last recorded location: Museum (1994).

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 82 and plate xix, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 712, Steinepigramme 02/09/01.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

Left view (1975)
Centre and right
Top of base (1994)

Representations

Squeeze (1972)