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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

Two adjoining white marble blocks: i, to left 1.90 × 0.85 x depth not measurable; ii (to right) 1.42 × 0.85 x depth not measurable.

Description of Text

Inscribed in three recessed panels, 0.80, 0.79 and 0.80; a and b on block i, c on block ii. The blocks are complete on all sides; the texts must therefore have begun on blocks above.

Letters

a and b, 0.015-0.02; c 0.025.Ligatures: a: ΗΝ, l.5, ΗΝΜΗ l.12. b: ΗΝ l.4 (twice), l.10, l.13; ΗΜ l. 4, l.9; ΜΝΗΜ l.13; ΜΕ l.15; ΜΗ l.17. c: ΝΕ l.4; ΝΚ l.4; ΗΝ l.8, l.12, l.14; ΜΝΗΜ l.15; ΜΒ l.19; ΜΗ, l.23.

Date

First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)

Edition
ως καὶ ἀνελλιπῶς πλεῖστα παρ εσχη μένον τῇ π ατρίδι φέρειν ἀνθρωπίνως τὴν συνβεβηκυῖαν συνφορὰν ἐπὶ τῷ τέκνῳ αὐτοῦ δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ τετειμῆσθαι μὲν Ζήν ω να Καλλίου τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Εὐδάμου καὶ μετηλλακχότα ἀνατεθῆναι δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνδριάντας καὶ ἀγάλματα καὶ εἰκόνας ἐν ἱεροῖς ἢ δημοσίοις τό ποις ὑπὸ Καλλίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ παραμεμυθῆσθαι δὲ καὶ Ἀπφίαν Εὐ δάμου τοῦ Μητροδώρου τὴν μη τέρα τοῦ Ζήνωνος
καὶ μετη λλακχότα καὶ στεφανῶσ θαι Καλλίαν υ ἱ ὸν Κ αλλίου τοῦ Ζ ήνωνος τοῦ Εὐδάμου νεανίαν καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν τὴν ἀναστροφὴν πεποιημένον ἐνάρετον καὶ παντὸς ἐπαίνου ἀξίαν ταῖς καλλίσ ταις καὶ μεγίσταις τειμαῖς ἀνατεθῆναι δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνδριάντας καὶ ἀγάλματα καὶ εἰκόνας γραπτὰς ἐν ὅπλοις ἐπιχρύ σοις ἐν ἱεροῖς καὶ δημοσίοις τόποις ἐφ' ὧν καὶ ἐπιγραφῆναι καὶ τὰς ἀξίας καὶ πρεπού σας καὶ ἀναλογούσας τῷ γένει καὶ τῇ περὶ τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ ἀναστροφῇ τειμὰς ἐπι γραφῆναι δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου ἐν ᾧ τέ θαπται καὶ Ζήνων ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὰς ἀξίας ἐπιγραφὰς αὐτῷ παραμεμυθῆσ θαι δὲ Καλλίαν Ζήνωνος τοῦ Εὐδάμου καὶ Ἀπφίαν Εὐδάμου τοῦ Μητροδώρου τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ Εὔδαμον Καλλί ου τοῦ Ζήνωνος τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ φέρειν ἀνθρωπίνως τὸ συνβεβηκὸς ἀτύχημα
καὶ με τη λλακχότα δεδό χθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δή μῳ τετ ειμῆσθαι καὶ μετηλλακ χότα Εὔδαμον Καλλίου τοῦ Ζήνω νος τοῦ Εὐδάμου νεανίαν καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν ζήσαντα κοσμίως καὶ σω φρόνως καὶ πρὸς ὑπόδειγμα ἀρετῆς ταῖς καλλίσταις καὶ μεγίσταις καὶ ἀξίαις τειμαῖς ἀνατεθῆναι δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰκόνας γραπτὰς ἐν ὅπλοις ἐπιχρύ σοις καὶ ἀνδριάντας καὶ ἀγάλματα ἐν ἱεροῖς καὶ δημοσίοις τόποις ἐ φ' ὧν καὶ ἐπιγραφῆναι τὰς ἀξίας καὶ ἀ ναλογούσας τῷ γένει αὐτοῦ τειμὰς ἐπιγραφῆναι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰς τειμὰς καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μνημείου ἐν ᾧ κεκήδευ ται παραμεμυθῆσθαι δὲ Καλλίαν Ζή νωνος τοῦ Εὐδάμου καὶ Ἀπφίαν Εὐδά μου τοῦ Μητροδώρου τοὺς γονεῖς αὐ τοῦ φέρειν ἀνθρωπίνως τὰς συμβεβη κυίας αὐτοῖς συμφορὰς ἐπὶ τοῖς τέ κνοις αὐτῶν τὸ δὲ ψήφισμα ἐπιδε δόσθαι εἰσηγησαμένου Μητροδώ ρου τοῦ Μητροδώρου τοῦ Διονυσίδου
Apparatus

Letters seen only by earlier visitors are highlighted

Translation

No translation yet (2007)

Commentary

No commentary yet (2007)

Locations

Walls, South (west part): between 12.703 and 12.707 (=MAMA 445, 467) Unknown Findspot (1977)

Text Constituted From

Preliminary transcription (Beard); notebooks; publications.

History of Recording

a-c copied by Deering (15-16, no. 47); copied by Fellows. b copied by Kubitschek (KV.6); c (lines 11-23) copied by Doublet and Deschamps. All recorded by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition in 1977 (MB).

Bibliography

Published by Fellows, a, no. 24; b nos. 25, 26; c no. 27, whence CIG 2775b, 2775c, 2775d Published by Leake from Deering, no. 20a, 20b, 20c, whence Bailie nos. 52, 53, 54; b by Texier no. 1; c corrected by Doublet & Deschamps 13; a-c, whence Buresch, RhMus. 49 (1894), 424-60, whence L. Robert, EE 19-20. Published by Cormack from the MAMA records, MAMA 412, whence Hellenica 13, 49, 181; McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 21

Photographs

a (1973)
b (1973)
c (1973)

Representations

Deering notebook 15
Deering notebook 15v
Deering notebook 16
Kubitschek notebook V, 6

Representations

Deering notebook 14v