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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 (0.68 × 0.74 × 0.48) complete on all sides, although upper left corner is lost, and left side is chipped; unfinished at back.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

0.02-0.025

Date

Perhaps early second century A.D. (lettering)

Edition ἔδοξεν τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ γνώμη ἀρχόντων καὶ Ἀρτεμιδώρου τοῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρου τοῦ Νεικοτείμου γραμματέως δήμου καὶ Φιλίππου τοῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρου παραφύλακος ἐπεὶ Πραξιτέλης Ἀριστέου τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου νεανίας ἀγαθὸς ζήσας βίον αἰδήμονα καὶ κόσμιον καὶ ἄξιον ἐπαίνου τὰ νῦν ὑπὸ τοῦ δαίμονος ὑπείληπται καθήκει δὲ τοῖς οὕτως ζήσασιν καὶ μετηλλαχόσι τὰς ἐπὶ τῇ κοσμίῳ ἀναστροφῇ μαρτυρίας κλαὶ τειμὰς ἀποδιδόναι δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ τετειμῆσθαι ταῖς ἀξίαις καὶ πρεπούσαις τειμαῖς καὶ μετηλλαχότα Πραξιτέλην Ἀριστέου τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου νεανίαν γενόμενον ἀγαθὸν καὶ παντὸς ἐπαίνου καὶ μαρτυρίας ἄξιον ἐξεῖναι δὲ καὶ τοῖς προσήκουσιν αὐτοῦ ἀναθεῖναι ἰκόνα ἐν ὅπλῳ ἐφ' οὗ καὶ ἐπιγραφῆναι τὰς οἰκείας τειμάς
Apparatus

l. 14, ΚΛΙ

Translation

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Commentary

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Locations

Walls, East (south part): Lying east of the city wall, just north of the East Gate. Unknown Museum (1978)

Text Constituted From

Preliminary transcription (Reynolds), Gaudin squeeze, notebooks, publications.

History of Recording

Recorded by K&R (KIII.56, Abklatsch 39); recorded by Gaudin (43); recorded by the MAMA expedition; found by the NYU expedition (catalogue number 76.185).

Bibliography

Published by Kubitschek & Reichel, AAWW no. 7, whence Buresch, RhM 49, 1894, 431; published by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, no. 7, whence Abbott & Johnson no. 137, Robert, Et. Anat. 101; published by Cormack from the MAMA records as MAMA 414, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 14 .

Photographs

Stone at findspot (1973)
Face (1978)
Face (1978)
Face (1978)

Representations

Kubitschek notebook III, 56