Description of Monument

Section of white marble cornice (2.33 × 0.23 x depth not measurable).

Description of Text

Inscribed on two of the three fasciae.

Letters

Second to third century forms; l.1, 0.03; l.2, 0.028. Ligatures: l.1, ΗΝ twice; l.2, ΜΗ, ΗΝ, ΝΗ. Apex on first Υ, l.1.

Date

Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, nomenclature).

Edition Αὐρήλιοι καὶ Ζήνων καὶ Ὑψικλῆς υἱοὶ Αὐρηλίου Ζήνωνος ἀρχιερέως γ ὁμοῦ ἀδελφοὶ δὲ Αὐρηλίου Ζήνωνος κατὰ τὴν διατάγην δηλοῦσθαι διὰ τῶν ἀρχείων ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου Ἀρίστωνος πεντάκι τοῦ Ἀρχιμήδου μηνὸς

Apparatus

l. 1, ΑΙΧΕΡΕΩΣ

l. 2, ΑΡΧΙΜΜΔΟΥ

The text probably extended to the left, but not to the right

Translation

[Aurelii? ... and ] Zenon and Hypsikles sons of Aurelius Zenon, highpriest three times, as well as brothers of Aurelius Ze[non .... according to the] testament to be displayed in the archives in the stephanephorate of Ariston fifth (descendant of that name) of Archimedes, in the month [...]

Commentary

For the formula cf. 11.33 (=MAMA 539)

For the stephanephorus cf. 12.524 (=MAMA 559), under or after Trajan.

For the persons, cf. ? 1.168 (=CIG 2803), 11.507 (=2759b), 12.712 (=Reinach 29)

Locations

Walls, South (east part): Found reused as part of a string course on the inner face of the excavated stretch. Unknown Findspot (1978)

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1975 (Walls 112).

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Photographs

Face (1978)

Left end (1977)

Right end (1977)