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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

White marble block, complete, but with the surface broken away to left and below (1.56 × 0.51 × 0.60).

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

0.02-0.025

Date

First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).

Edition ἔδοξεν τῇ βουλῇ γνώμη στρατηγῶν καὶ γραμματέως δήμου Δημέου τοῦ Μενεκράτου ἐπεὶ Ἀπφιὰς Τιμοθέου τῶν πολιτίδων γυνὴ δὲ Ἀγελάου τοῦ Μενεσθέως τὰ νῦν μετήλλακχε τὸν βίον δεδόχθαι ἐπῃνῆσθαι αὐτὴν καὶ μετηλλακχυῖαν καὶ ἐπικηδεῦσαι δημοσίᾳ καὶ ἐσστεφανῶσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου χρυσῷστεφάνῳ ζήσασαν εὐτάκτως καὶ κοσμίως καὶ ἐναρέτως παρηγορῆσθαι δὲ καὶ Ἀγέλαον Μενεσθέως τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς
Apparatus

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Translation

No translation yet (2007)

Commentary

No commentary yet (2007)

Locations

Walls, East (south part): east of village, inner face, near 12.328, 12.314 (=MAMA 428, 449) Unknown Findspot (1974)

Text Constituted From

Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publication.

History of Recording

Recorded by the MAMA expedition in 1934; by the NYU expedition in 1973.

Bibliography

Cormack, from the MAMA records, no. 407, whence L. Robert, Hellenica 13, 229 (ll. 15-17), McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 13

Photographs

Face (1973)