<seg cert="low"><rs type="textType">Dedication</rs></seg> by Euphron son of Archimedes

Charlotte M. Roueché and Gabriel Bodard2007

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Originally published in McCabe (1993).

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Description of Monument

A white marble building block or statue base.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

0.02; ligatures: l.1, ΜΗ, l.2, ΜΜ; l. 2, diaeretic dots either side of the initial Υ of Hypsicles (twice).

Date

Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)

Edition Σεπ Αυρ Φλ Οὐενιδιος Ὑψικλης τετράκι τοῦ Ἀρχιμήδους Εὔφρων ἱερεὺς τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ δι' Ἀμμίας τῆς Ὑψικλέους τοῦ Ὑψικλέους τοῦ φύσει Ζήνωνος Ὑψικλίδος τετρά κις ἀρχιερείας θυγατρὸς πόλεως τῆς μάμμης αὐτοῦ καθὼς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ὑπέσχετο καὶ
Text Constituted From

Gaudin's squeeze; publications.

Apparatus

l. 2, ΤΜΣ

l. 5, μης Reinach; at end ΚΙ Reinach

Translation

Septimius Aurelius Flavius Venidius Hypsikles Euphron son of Hypsikles the son of Hypsikles the son of Hypsikles the son of Archimedes, priest of Asklepios, through the agency of Ammia Hypsiklis, daughter of Hypsikles son of Hypsikles natural son of Zenon, four times high priestess, daughter of the city, his grandmother, as she promised on his behalf

Commentary

The name has been restored by comparison with 12.638 (=75.286).

The function of the text is unclear; it may be a dedication, or a record of work undertaken by Euphron.

Locations

Unknown Re-used in the Walls, South (west part); 'au turbe des remparts', by the Islamic holy place just west of the excavated stretch of the south city wall, near 12.612 (=MAMA 410), 12.714 (=MAMA 561).Unknown

History of Recording

Recorded by Gaudin (20); not reported subsequently.

Bibliography

Published from Gaudin by Reinach, 29, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 354.

Photographs

None.