MAMA XI 4 (Apollonia)
Fragment of honorific inscription
- Type of monument:
- Fragment of honorific inscription.
- Location:
- Uluborlu (Apollonia): in the outer wall of Sait Bey’s house.
- Description:
- White limestone fragment, apparently complete below, otherwise broken.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.32+; W. 0.33; Th. --; letters 0.039-0.042.
- Record:
- Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/84).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Roman imperial period.
[- - - - - - - - - -]Σ̣ . [- - - - - - - - - - - -]
[- - - - - - - - -]ΤΕΡΟΥ[- - - - - - - - - - -]
[- - - - - - - - -]π̣ρέσβει · Ε. [- - - - - - - -]
[- - - ταῖς λοι]παῖς vv. hed. [- - - - - - - -]
5[- - - - - - - ἐπι]δόσεσι vac. [ - c. -]
[- - - - - - τῇ π]ατρίδι hed. ΤΗ[- - - - - - -]
...ambassador... in the other... contributions... to his/her homeland...
This monument appears to be an honorific inscription for a local benefactor, male or female. Nothing can be restored with certainty; in lines 4-6 we presumably have a phrase such as [ἐν ταῖς λοι]παῖς | [λειτουργίαις καὶ ἐπι]δόσεσι | [εὔχρηστον γενόμενον τῇ π]ατρίδι.