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Charlotte M. Roueché and Gabriel Bodard2007

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Originally published in McCabe (1993).

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Description of Monument

A white marble block (H. 0.87, W 0.74) without moulding

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

0.015; no ligatures

Date

First to second centuries A.D. (lettering)

Edition στεφανηφορία ΜΕΝ ἀεὶ εὐσεβῆ διάθεσιν τετέλεκεν καὶ ταῦτα διὰ φιλοδοσίας λαμπρῶς καὶ φιλοτείμως μάλιστα δὲ τὴν γυμνασιαρχίαν πρὸς τὸν γενόμενον καιρὸν ἀψεγ έως ἀρχιερατεύων τε ἐν τῇ στεφανηφορίᾳ τῶν Σεβαστῶν πᾶσαν εὐσεβῆ θρησσκείαν εἰσενήνεκται καὶ τέθυκεν τοῖς πατρίοις θεοῖς εὐχόμενος καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑγείας καὶ σωτηρίας καὶ τῆς αἰωνίου διαμονῆς τῆς ἡγεμονίας αὐτῶν τετέλεκεν δὲ καὶ τὰς θεωρίας φιλοδόξως καθήκει δὲ τὰς τῶν τοιούτων ἀνδρῶν γνώμας τειμῆς καὶ μαρτυρίας τῆς πρεπούσης ἀξιοῦσθαι διὸ δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ ἐν ἀρχαιρεσίαις πάλιν τετειμῆσθαι τὸν ἄνδρα ταῖς καλ λίσταις καὶ μεγίσσταις καὶ πρεπούσαις τειμαῖς Ἀττίναν Ἀττινοῦ τοῦ Θεοδώρου Μελίτωνα τὸν στεφανηφόρον καὶ ἀρχιερέα τῶν Σεβασστῶν σεμνὸν καὶ ἀρετῇ καὶ καλοκαγαθίᾳ διαφέροντα καὶ εὔνουν τῷ δήμῳ καὶ πᾶσαν ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἐνδεδειγμένον πρὸς τὴν πατρίδα εὔνοιαν δεδόσθαι δὲ αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τῆς βουλῆς καὶ τοῦ δήμου τὴν εἰς τὸ μέλλον ἀλειτουργησίαν ὡς ἀνεῖσθαι αὐτὸν πάσης ἀκουσίου ὑπηρεσίας ἅμα τεθῆναί τε αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰκόνας ἐνόπλους ἐπιχρύσους καὶ ἀγάλματα καὶ ἀνδριάντας ἐν ἱεροῖς ἢ δημοσίοις τόποις ὡς ἂν αὐτὸς προαιρῆται ἐφ' ὧν καὶ τὰς ἀναλο γουμένας τῇ τε εὐγενείᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῇ περὶ τὸν βίον σεμνότητι καὶ σωφροσύνῃ ἐπιγραφὰς γενέσθαι
Translation

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Commentary

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Locations

Walls, East (north part): Re-used in the east facing stretch of city wall just N. of the Water Channel excavation, N of 12.207 (=MAMA 408b); this was 6 m. high when Gaudin recorded it, but is now about 1 m. above ground Unknown Findspot

Text Constituted From

Gaudin; notebooks; publications.

History of Recording

Seen and partially copied by Waddington; by Kubitschek ( K III, 50, Abklatsch 36). Copied and a squeeze taken by Gaudin (159); recorded by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Waddington, LBW 1594; by Reinach from Gaudin, 14, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 29 .

Photographs

Face (1968)
Detail (1968)
Face (1973)

Representations

Kubitschek notebook III, 50