Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

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56. Epigram for Pytheas

Description

• Monument: Six fragments from a white marble statue base shaft with panels within moulded edges on all sides (a 1.40 × 0.51 × 0.43).
• Text: Inscribed on the front panel; the last letter of l. 11 cut on moulding.
• Letters: Av. 0.04; irregular, elongated: Ε is both square and lunate; dot for stop.
• Date: Late fifth century (prosopography).

Text

Translation

City of the Paphian goddess and of Pytheas: she, for her part, having exalted [?has given blessings] appropriate to a goddess [to] the city [...?while he] in addition to constant works, unsparing of his wealth, has built [...] as an offering.

Apparatus

ὀρ[θῶσ]α Cameron, ὁρ[ῶσ]α Merkelbach-Stauffer

Photographs

Left side fragments (1972)	Centre fragments (1966)	Right side and one left side fragments (1976)	Right side (1966)	Lower right corner (1978)
Fragment, lines 2-4 (1976)	Fragment, lines 7-10 (1977)	Detail, lines 11-13 (1972)	Fragment, lines 12-13 (1977)

Representations

Statue and base: Drawing: K.Gorkay, from Smith (1999)

Commentary

For Pytheas see 55, 57, 58, 250 and discussion at V.18.

Locations

• Found: Bouleuterion/Odeon: in the area of the stage; where the accompanying statue was also found.
• Original: Bouleuterion/Odeon.
• Last Recorded: One fragment in the back corridor of the Bouleuterion/Odeon; five in the Museum. Statue in the Museum.

History

• Recording: Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962-64; statue excavated in 1962-3 (62.484, 62.489, 63.72).
• Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 56 and plate xiv, whence PHI 726, Steinepigramme 02/09/19. Statue published by J. Inan and E. Alföldi, Roman and early Byzantine portait sculpture from Asia Minor (London, 1966), no. 66; discussed by Smith (1999), 168 and fig. 8, plate iv.
• Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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