Ampelios, father of the city, undertakes <rs type="textType" reg="building inscription" cert="low">restoration work</rs> in the Theatre Baths

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (2004).

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Description of Monument

Four fragments (two of which join) of white marble revetment. a and b both have an upper edge surviving; otherwise, all sides are broken. b is made up of two joining pieces.

Description of Text

Inscribed on two faces.

Description of Letters

Face 1 has letters with clear triangular trenches, which are probably the earlier inscription; cut at 0.165 from the upper edge, they are 0.175 high. Face 2 has letters cut 0.085 from the upper edge; they have broad flat trenches, and measure 0.275.

Date

Face 2 perhaps mid fifth century (prosopography).

Edition
καιτ
ουτο
ολ
χαισ
αμπε
ο
Apparatus

Face 2 of b is most easily read as Ἀμπελιο- a reference to Ampelius. The final surviving letter might be Η rather than Ε, but the traces do not seem to suggest Ρ, the only other real possibility.

Translation

1.a. This too

2.b. Ampelios

Commentary

See discussion at IV.21 following.

For Ampelios, see also 4.202, 12.101.ii and 2.19.

Locations

Found: Theatre Baths: south Aula Thermale, stratum 2, trench 3, at floor level.. Original location: Unknown; probably findspot.. Last recorded location: Museum (1977)..

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.198).

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 44, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 621.

Text Constituted From

Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

Photographs

44.a.1 Face, with 74.198 a.2 (1977)
44.a.2 Face, with 74.198 b (1977)