<rs type="textType">Honours</rs> for the People of Hierapolis

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (1993).

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Description of Monument

Fragments from a white marble statue base shaft without moulding.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

Standard second-/third-century forms; ll.1-10, 0.03, ll.11-14, 0.025. Ligatures: TH, l.1; NH l.8.

Date

Mid third century (prosopography).

Edition ὁ δῆ μος τῆς λαμ πρ οτάτης Ἀφρο δ εισιέων πόλε ω ς τὸν λαμπρό τα τον δῆμον Ἱερ απολειτῶν συ νθύσαντα ἐπὶ τῇ δ εδομένῃ τοῦ ἱερο ῦ ἀγῶνος δω ρεᾷ προν οησαμένου Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Παπίο υ τοῦ Παπίου δ τοῦ Διογέν ους τοῦ πρωτο λόγου ἄρχ οντος τὸ β
Apparatus

The letters read by Sherard but not by us have been highlighted

Translation

The People of the most splendid city of the Aphrodisians (honoured) the most splendid People of the Hierapolitans, who joined in the sacrifice for the giving of the grant of the sacred contest. Under the supervision of Marcus Aurelius Papias son of Papias son of Papias son of Papias son of Papias son of Papias son of Diogenes, first Archon for the second time.

Commentary

This is one of a group of dedications for neighbouring communities: see 12.924, 12.926, 12.927, 12.928, 12.929 and 12.930. See further Roueché PPA, ad loc.

Locations

Walls, West, near 12.924 and 12.929 Unknown Museum (1976)

Text Constituted From

Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché); publications; notebooks.

History of Recording

Complete text copied by Sherard in 1716 (10101, 128). A large fragment copied by Reichel (R I, 8);a smaller fragment, from the left side of ll.5-9, was recorded by Gaudin (38a). That fragment has not been found again, but the larger fragment found by Reichel and another small fragment were found by the NYU expedition in 1975.

Bibliography

Published by Boeckh, from Sherard, CIG 2763, whence Liermann, Analecta 33. Fragment published, from Gaudin, by Reinach, 194, and recognized by J. M. R. Cormack, Notes on the Inscribed Monuments of Aphrodisias (Reading, 1955), p. 9. Published by Roueché, PPA 59

Photographs

Lines 1-13 (1976)
Lines 11-14 (1976)

Representations

Lines 1-13 (centre and right): Reichel, notebook I, 8
Lines 4-9 (left end): Gaudin squeeze 38 (right image)