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Joyce M. Reynolds1999

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Originally published in Reynolds (1999).

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Description of Monument

A plain white marble block (0.335 × 0.475 × depth not measurable) without moulding, but with a recessed edge on all sides, serving as panels in the tomb at the East gate.

Description of Text

The inscriptions are cut on the face, and run into the frames on both sides. i: the stone is badly worn at the upper right corner, and damaged at the lower edge, which survives; it could have continued on a lower block. ii: the text should have continued below.

Description of Letters

0.02-0.025.

Date

First to second century A.D. (lettering)

Edition
ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆ μος ἐτείμησεν ταῖς καλλίσ ταις τειμαῖς Κάλλιπον Ξενοκράτους γυμνασιαρχήσαντα καὶ στεφανηφορήσαντα καὶ ἀγωνοθετήσαντα καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς λιτουργίαις καὶ φιλ οδοξίαις
ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησεν Ἀθηναγόραν Ἀθηναγόρου τοῦ Εὐμάχου ἄνδρα καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν καὶ φιλόπατριν καὶ γυμνασίαρχ{ι}ον καὶ στεφανηφόρον καὶ ἀγωνοθέτην γενόμενον καὶ πρεσβεύσαν τα
ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆ μος ἐτείμησεν γυναῖ κα Ἀθηναγόρου τοῦ Ἀθηναγόρου σεμνὴν καὶ φίλανδρον καὶ φιλότεκνον πάσῃ διὰ παντὸς τοῦ βίου δόξῃ διαφέρουσαν
Apparatus

i. l. 3, μεγίσταις Reinach.

ii. l. 9, ΧΟΝ MAMA. The superfluous iota is very lightly cut.

iii. l. 6-9, πάσης διὰ παντὸς εὐκοσμίου δόξῃ διαφέρουσαν ἀρετῆς ΜΑΜΑ.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds); Gaudin's squeeze; publication.

Translation

i. The council and the People honoured with the finest honours Kallip(p)os son of Xenokrates who had been gymnasiarch, stephanephorus, and president at contests, and in all liturgies and public services

ii. The council and the People honoured Athenagoras son of Athenagoras the son of Eumachos, a fine and good man and a lover of his city who had been a gymnasiarch, a stephanephorus and president at contests, and an ambassador

iii. The council and the People honoured who was wife of Athenagoras son of Athenagoras, who was much respected; she loved her husband and her children and was outstanding in reputation throughout her life.

Commentary

This text was one of a group cut on the family tomb whose elements were incorporated into the walls at the south east gate of the city: 12.410 (= MAMA 462), 13.301 (=MAMA 472+473),13.302 (=474, 475, 476) and 12.409 (Walls 151) The group is published and discussed by Reynolds, 'The first known Aphrodisian to hold a procuratorship', Steine und Wege (Vienna, 1999), 327-334.

See also and 12.411 (=MAMA 548).

Locations

in incoporated in the Walls, South-east Gate Findspot (1975) Necropolis, South-east.

History of Recording

Recorded by Sherard in 1716 (10101 121-2); by Wood; by Deering (4 and 5); by Fellows; by Bailie (see Researches, 51-2, 83-4); by Choisy; by Loew; by Waddington; by Gaudin (154, 147); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition (inv?); mentioned by K&R (RI.14v).

Bibliography

Published from Gaudin's squeeze by Reinach, REG 19, 1906, 135, no. 58, 34, 82 ; from the MAMA records, by Cormack, MAMA 8, no. 474, 475, 476 , whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 287, 242, 343 ; published by Reynolds, 'The first known Aphrodisian to hold a procuratorship', Steine und Wege (Vienna, 1999), 327-334, Appendix B.3 B.1, B.2,..

Photographs

Text i, face (1973)
Text ii, face (1973)
Text iii, face (1975)
Text iii, view (1973)