Description of Monument

Large white marble statue base shaft, with shallow moulding along lower edge, broken in two: upper fragment 0.865 high, lower 1.12 high; 1.00 x 0.48. Chipped along the right side and at the break. On the top there is a large lewis hole and two square dowel holes on either side.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Description of Letters

0.025

Date

Mid to late first century A.D. (lettering)

Edition ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησαν Ἰάσονα Μηνοδότου τοῦ Μενάνδρου Πραβρέα ἄνδρα καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν γένους πρώτου καὶ ἐνδοξοτάτου καὶ συνεκτικό τος τὴν πατρίδα γυμνασιαρχήσαντα καὶ στεφανηφορήσαντα μεγαλοψύχως καὶ ἐν δόξως καὶ ἀρχιερατεύσαντα τῶν Σεβαστῶν καὶ ἀγωνοθετήσαντα δίς τετελειωκότα δὲ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων τοῦ γραμματοφυλακίου σὺν καὶ Ἰουλίᾳ Παύλᾳ τῇ γυναικὶ τοῦ περιστώου στοᾶς μεσημβρινῆς ἀπὸ θεμελίων τὸ κὸν πᾶν καὶ τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ οἶκον σὺν περιφλιώμασιν καὶ βιβλιοθήκαις καὶ τοῖς παρ′ αὐτὸν ἐργαστηρίοις διστέγοις δυσὶν καὶ στοᾶς ἀνατολικῆς ἀπὸ θεμε λίων διάστυλα ὀκτὼ μετενηνοχότα δὲ εἰς ταύτη ν καὶ τῆς παλαιᾶς στοᾶς κατὰ τὸ γενόμ[ενον] ψήφισμα διάσ τυλα ὀκτώ· καὶ στοᾶς δυσμικῆς διάστυλον ἕν τοῖς τε κείοσιν τῆς στοᾶς ταύτ ης προσεπιτεθεικέναι τὰς κεφαλὰς πᾶσι ν τά τε ἐπιστύ λια καὶ ζωφόρους καὶ γείση τοῖς κείοσιν ἐπι τεθει κέναι πᾶσιν κείοσίν τε αὐτῆς πεντε ἔχουσιν τοὺς αίους μόνους ἐπιτεθεικέναι τοὺς λοιποὺς σφονδύλους πάντας· τοῦ δὲ οἴκου τοῦ βορινοῦ τῆς τε ἐξέδρας τὰ λεί ποντα λευ κόλ ιθα πεποιηκότα πάντα σὺν ὀροφαῖς καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ κείοσιν καὶ βιβλιοθήκαις καὶ τοῖς φυ ραμ ατικοῖς καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς πᾶσιν ἐργαστήριά τε σὺν τοῖς ἐν τῇ ἐξέδρᾳ τετελειωκότα δέκα ἐννέα τὸ δὲ περίστωον ὅλον δεδοκῶσθαι καὶ κεκεραμῶσθαι καὶ ὠροφῶσθαι καὶ συντετελει ῶσθαι ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ὑφ′ ἑαυτοῦ σὺν καὶ τοῖς ἐφεστῶσιν θυρώμασιν πᾶσιν Below, apparently a graffito τγιολ

Apparatus

The highlighted letters were read on the stone by Reichel, when it was still intact; some could still be read in 1904, but had disappeared by 1934, since when there has only been minor damage.

l. 1, Μ. Αὐρ. K&R, Cormack; [? vac. ] Wilhelm

l. 2, Μενάνδρου τοῦ K&R, Cormack

l. 9, ἅμα K&R, σὺν Cormack

ll. 11-12, λιθικὸν Cormack δυσμικὸν Wilhelm' λίθινον Robert

l. 12, περιφανείαις K&R; περιφλιώμασιν Wilhelm, Cormack

l.18, κείοσι previous editions; κείοσιν from Gaudin squeeze

l.22, νους K&R; θράνους Wilhelm, Cormack; but ΑΙΟΥΣ is definitely the reading on the stone

l.25, at end: the Β could be an Η: and the restoration seems too long

l.28, at end; after the Σ, the Gaudin squeeze seems to show un upper and a lower horizontal

Translation

No translation yet (2007)

Commentary

No commentary yet (2007). For the re-use of material from an earlier building see Robert, l.c., 394.

Locations

Walls, West Gate: seen reused in the wall above the Gate by Reichel; found lying just west of the gate, broken in two, by Gaudin and subsequent visitors. Unknown Findspot

Text Constituted From

Publications; Reichel notebook; Gaudin's squeeze; Preliminary transcription (Reynolds)

History of Recording

Copied by Reichel (R.I.4-5; Abklatsch); lower part recorded by Gaudin (135); both parts recorded by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition (SBI 100).

Bibliography

Published by Kubitschek & Reichel, AAWW 1893, 100-101, no. 1; lines 16-31 published by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, REG 19, 1906, 98-100, no. 13; full text published by Wilhelm, from Reichel, JÖAI 28, 1933, 57-61; by Cormack from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 498, whence McCabe 279; discussed Robert, AC 35, 1966, 392-394.

Photographs

Face (1973)

Face (1990)

Face (1990)

Top (2001)

Representations

Reichel notebook I, 4

Reichel notebook I, 5

Gaudin squeeze

Gaudin squeeze