<rs type="textType">Honours</rs> for Marcus Antonius Popillios Agelaos

Joyce M. Reynolds2007

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Unpublished inscription. This version born digital.

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Description of Monument

Upper part of a white marble base with heavy moulding above (0.030) and traces of a moulding below.

Description of Text

Inscribed (l.1) on the upper fascia and (ll.2 ff.) on the face, which is badly chipped. One loose fragment joins to provide the end of ll. 2-4.

Letters

0.015.

Date

Second century A.D. (lettering).

Edition Ἀγαθῇ Τύχῃ Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Ποπίλλιος Ἀγέλαος σοφιστὴς πρωτονεωποιὸς ς

Translation

For Good Fortune. Marcus Antonius Popillios Agelaos, sophist, chief ship-builder offered this

Commentary

Reinach suggested he might be related to Lucius Antonius Flavianos, father-in-law of Caius Julius Politianos in 12.105 (=CIG 2786).

He may also be related to Marcus Antonius Zenon Ulpianos, in 12.708 (=Walls 131), found in the same area.

Compare also Marcus Antonius Agelaos, stephanephorus in 12.414

Locations

Unknown Walls, South-west: re-used in the southern stretch. Findspot, half buried (1975)

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 121).

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Photographs

Face (1975)