Description of Monument

White marble statue base without moulding (0.545 × 0.92 × depth not measurable); the block is broken across the lower face and the surface is badly weathered.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Description of Letters

0.0225.

Date

Mid-first century A.D. (prosopography; but the lettering looks later)

Edition ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησαν ταῖς καλλίσταις καὶ μεγίσταις τειμ αῖς καὶ μετηλλακχότ α Ἀριστοκλέα Ἀριστοκλέους τ οῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρου Μολο σσὸν ἱππικόν νεανίαν γενόμενον γένους τοῦ πρώτου καὶ συνεκτικότος τὴν πατρίδα καὶ ἐν γυμνασ ιαρχίαις καὶ στεφανηφορίαις γεγονότος τὴν τειμὴν ἀνα τε θεικυίας Ἀμ μίας τῆς Ἀριστοκλέους τοῦ Ἀρτεμι δ ώρου γυναικός τῆς μη τ ρὸς αὐτοῦ

Text Constituted From

Preliminary transcription (Reynolds), publications.

Translation

The council and the people honoured Aristokles Molossos, horseman, son of Aristokles the son of Artemidoros, also after his death, a young man of the foremost family and one which had shared in the foundation of his city, and participated in tenures of the gymnasiarchy and stephanephoria. Ammia, wife of Aristokles son of Artemidoros his mother set up the honour.

Commentary

No commentary yet (2007)

Locations

reused, upside down, in the Walls, South (west part), near 12.801 (=MAMA 532) ; Findspot (1973) Unknown.

History of Recording

Recorded by Radet; by the MAMA expedition; and by the NYU expedition in 1973. On each occasion the stone had become more damaged.

Bibliography

Published by Radet, 14 (1890), 236-237, no. 11 ; from the MAMA records by Cormack, 8, no. 468 whence McCabe 239

Photographs

Face (1973)