<rs type="textType">Acclamation</rs>s for <rs type="personType" reg="emperor">imperial</rs> family, and a New Theodosius

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (2004).

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Description of Monument

Fragments of fresco on wall plaster. The original design appears to have been a series of circular garlands of green leaves, outlined inside and outside with a sold band; The fragments come from at least three such garlands; fragment iv may well come from the same text as fragment iii.

Description of Text

The lettering is inscribed inside the garlands, in red on a white background.

Description of Letters

0.07-0.08, tall and clear; diairetic dots on Ι in iii, line 2, and, apparently, on the second Ι in line 4 of ii; three dots as a stop in ii, 1ine 3; abbreviation: ΙΝΔ with a comma hanging from delta, Ο with Υ above.

Date

A.D. 583 or A.D. 491 - 518 (emperors).

Edition
Two joining fragments, with garland at both sides. νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τοῦ βασιλέως· νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῆς δεσποίνης· τοῦ νέου Θεοδοσίου πολ λὰ τὰ ἔτη
Fragment with trace of garland at lower right edge. λιιου πολλὰ τὰ ἔτη· υἱὲ θεοῦ ζωὴν αὐτῷ νικᾷ ἡ πίστις τῶν Χριστιανῶν
Fragment without any trace of garland. ἐπὶ ο πατρός, ἰνδικτίωνος ρασ ιλ
Fragment showing upper right corner of garland. ι υ λ
Apparatus

i.1: λδ ala2004: but see commentary below.

Translation

i. The fortune of the emperor triumphs! The fortune of the empress triumphs! Many years for the new Theodosius!

ii. Many years ! Son of God, grant him life! The faith of the Christians triumphs!

iii. this work was done under O, pater, in the indiction

Commentary

See discussion at V.26, VI.47.

I agree with the suggestion by Benet Salway that i.line 1 did not include letters (as shown in my previous editions), but the traces of decoration, probably the 'bow' at teh top of the wreath; see C. Roueché, ‘From Aphrodisias to Stauropolis’, in J. Drinkwater and R. Salway edd., Wolf Liebeschuetz Reflected (London, 2007), 183-192, p. 184, and note 9.

Locations

Found: Hadrianic Baths: tepidarium.. Original location: Findspot.. Last recorded location: Museum..

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962, removed in 1966-7: 67.102 and 69.473 (together, 61.i), 69.471 (61.ii), 69.470 (61.iii). 69.472 (61.iv).

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 61.i-iv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 843, 844, 628 and 894.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

i: Left part (1977)
i: Right part (1977)
i: Together (1977)
i: Left part, on excavation (1967)
ii: Face (1977)
ii: Face (1977)
iii: Face (1977)
iv: Face (1977)