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Victories in Competitions by Members of a Synod (II-III CE) Aphrodisias - Caria


Aphrodisias (Caria, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), II-III CE
IAph 11.305 = PPA 52 = CIG 2758 A-G = PHI 265143 = AGRW ID# 9964
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1720


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Block of white marble in six fragments.

(fragment A)

For the musical . . . contest (?). . . of those from the synod (synodos) the prizes are as follows:

(column 1): Trumpeter, 150 denarii; herald, 150 denarii; writer of encomia (i.e. praising speeches), 200 denarii; poet, 200 denarii; boy harp-singer, 150 denarii; pythic flautist, 200 denarii; comedian, 400 denarii; tragedian, 500 denarii; cyclic flautist, 300 denarii; . . .

(column 2): Adult harp-singer, 500 denarii; overall victor, 200 denarii. For the athletic contest of the citizen boys, . . . x denarii. Adult stadium-runner, 1000 denarii; adult wrestler, 1,500 denarii; adult kick-boxer (pankratiastēs), 1,500 denarii; adult boxer, 1,500 denarii . . .

(fragment B)
. . . adult harp-singer, 3,250 denarii, second prize, 1,000 denarii; Latin poet, . . . x denarii (?). . . ; poet, . . . x denarii (?). . .; overall victor, 1,000 denarii; secretary, 550 denarii; leader of the festival (panegyriarchēs), . . . x denarii (?). . .; awnings and equipment for the theatre, 1,000 denarii; . . .

(fragments D and E):
(column 1): . . .  trumpeter, 500 denarii; herald, 500 denarii; pythic flautist, 1,400 denarii, second prize, 400 denarii; cyclic flautist, 1,500 (?) denarii, second prize, 500 denarii; comedian, 1,600 denarii, second prize, 500 denarii, third prize, 300 denarii; tragedian, 2,700 denarii, second prize, 800 denarii, third prize, 600 denarii; . . .

(column 2): . . . adult long-distance runner, 2,000 denarii. For young men: stadium-runner, 2,000 denarii; pentathlete, . . . 1,000 (?). . . denarii; wrestler, 3,800 denarii; boxer, . . . 3,800 denarii (?). . . ; kick-boxer, 5,000 denarii; adult pentathlete, 1,340 denarii; boy stadium-runner, 1,400 denarii; . . .

(column 3): . . . For boys: wrestler, . . . x denarii; boxer, . . . x denarii; kick-boxer, . . . x denarii. For men: wrestler, . . . x denarii; boxer, . . . x denarii; kick-boxer, . . . x denarii; hoplite-runner, . . . x denarii; race-horse, . . . horse, x denarii (?); race-horse, . . . colt, x denarii . . . (?); pair . . . of horses, x denarii (?). . . ; pair . . . of colts, x denarii (?) . . . ; second prize for colts, 350 denarii; chariot with horses, 1,500 denarii; chariot with colts, 1,000 denarii; chariot with horses, second, 500 denarii; for the xystarch, in reimbursement, 745 denarii; for the supplier of straps, 301 denarii; for releasing of the pulleys, 300 denarii; for sand-pit and the mud-pit, 400 denarii; for oil, 2,000 denarii; for sculptors, 1,500 denarii; . . .

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché



(A)

[ἀγῶνος ·· c. 20 ·· μου]|σικοῦ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς συνόδου θέ[μ]α[τα τὰ] | ὑπογεγραμμένα

(column i) σαλπικτῇ (δηνάρια) ρν´ | κήρυκι (δηνάρια) ρν´ || ἐνκωμιογράφῳ (δηνάρια) σ´ | ποιητῇ (δηνάρια) σ´ | παιδὶ κιθαρῳδῷ (δηνάρια) ρν´ | π̣υθικῷ αὐλητῇ (δηνάρια) σ´ | κωμῳδῷ (δηνάρια) υ´ || τ[ρα]γ̣ῳδῷ (δηνάρια) φ´ | κυκλίῳ αὐλητῇ (δηνάρια) τν´ | [- - -]

(column ii) ἀνδρὶ κιθαρῳδῷ (δηνάρια) φ´ | διὰ πάντων (δηνάρια) σ´ || εἰς δὲ τὸν γυμνικὸν (δηνάρια) [[·]´] | τῶν πολειτῶν παί|δων ἀγῶνα | σταδιαδρόμῳ ἀνδρὶ [(δηνάρια)] ͵α | παλαιστῇ ἀνδρὶ [(δηνάρια)] ͵ασ´ || πανκρατιαστῇ ἀνδρὶ [(δηνάρια)] ͵ασ´ | πύκτῃ ἀνδρὶ [(δηνάρια)] ͵ασ´

(B)

[- - -] | ἀνδρὶ κιθαρῳδῷ (δηνάρια) ͵γσ̣ν´ | δευτερείου (δηνάρια) ͵α | ποιητῇ Ῥωμαικῷ [(δηνάρια) ·]´] | ποιητῇ [(δηνάρια) ·]´] || διὰ πάντων (δηνάρια) ͵α | γραμματεῖ (δηνάρια) φν´ | πανηγυριάρχῃ [(δηνάρια) ·]´] | βήλων καὶ τῶν | διὰ θεάτρου (δηνάρια) ͵α | [- - -]

(D and E)

[- - -]

(column i) σαλπικτῇ (δηνάρια) φ´ | κήρυκι̣ (δηνάρια) φ´ | πυθ̣ικῷ αὐλητῇ (δηνάρια) ͵αυ´ | δευτερείου (δηνάρια) υ´ || κυκλίῳ αὐλητῇ (δηνάρια) ͵[α]φ̣´ | δευτερείου (δηνάρια) φ´ | κωμῳδῷ (δηνάρια) ͵αχ´ | δευτερείου (δηνάρια) φ´ | τριτείου (δηνάρια) τ´ || τραγῳδῷ (δηνάρια) ͵βψ´ | δευτερείου (δηνάρια) ω´ | τριτείου (δηνάρια) χ´ [- - -] | [- - -] || [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] || [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -]

(column ii) ἀνδρὶ | δολιχαδρόμῳ (δηνάρια) ͵β | ἀγενείοις | σταδιαδρόμῳ (δηνάρια) ͵β || πεντάθλῳ (δηνάρια) ͵[α] | παλαιστῇ (δηνάρια) ͵γω´ | πύκτῃ (δηνάρια) ͵[γω]´ | πανκρατιαστ̣[ῇ] (δηνάρια) ͵ε | ἀνδρὶ || πεντάθλῳ (δηνάρια) ͵ατμ´ | παιδὶ | σ̣ταδιαδρό̣μῳ (δηνάρια) ͵αυ´ | [- - -] | [- - -] || [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] || [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -] | [- - -]

(column iii) παισὶν | παλαιστ[ῇ (δηνάρια) ·]´] | πύκτῃ [(δηνάρια) ·]´] | παγκρα[τιαστῇ (δηνάρια) ·]´] || ἀνδράσιν | παλαισ[τῇ (δηνάρια) ·]´] | πύκτῃ [(δηνάρια) ·]´] | πανκρα[τιαστῇ (δηνάρια) ·]´] | ὁπλειτο[δρόμῳ (δηνάρια) ·]´] || κέλητι [τελείῳ (δηνάρια) ·]´] | κέλητι πωλικῷ [(δηνάρια) ·]´] | συνωρίδ[ι τελείᾳ (δηνάρια) ·]´] | συνωρίδ[ι πωλικῇ (δηνάρια) ·]´] | δευτερείου πωλικοῦ (δηνάρια) τν´ || ἅρματι τελείῳ (δηνάρια) ͵αφ´ | ἅρματι πωλικῷ (δηνάρια) ͵α | ἅρματος τὸ β´ τελείου (δηνάρια) φ´ | ξυστάρχῃ [ε]ἰς ἀναπ[λή]|[ρωσιν] (δηνάρια) ψμε´ | εἱμαντοπαρόχῳ (δηνάρια) τα´ | ἀφετηρίας μαγγάνων (δηνάρια) τ´ | σκάμματος καὶ π̣ηλώ̣ματος (δηνάρια) υ´ | εἰς ἔλαιον (δηνάρια) ͵β | ἀγαλματοποιοῖς (δηνάρια) ͵αφ´

(C and F)

[- - -]

(column i) χοροκιθαρεῖ (δηνάρια) φ´ | χοραύλῃ (δηνάρια) ψν´ | κιθαρῳδῷ (δηνάρια) ͵αφ´ | δευτερείου (δηνάρια) υ´ || πυρρίχῃ (δηνάρια) φ´ | σατύρῳ (δηνάρια) ρν´ | διὰ πάντων (δηνάρια) φ´ | θέματα γυμνικά | vac. | παιδὶ δολιχαδρόμῳ (δηνάρια) φ[·]´ || παιδὶ σταδιαδρόμῳ (δηνάρια) φκε´ | παιδὶ [δι]αυλ[ο]δρόμῳ (δηνάρια) φ´ | παιδὶ πεντάθλῳ (δηνάρια) φ´ | παιδὶ παλαιστῇ (δηνάρια) φ´

(column ii) παιδὶ πύκτῃ (δηνάρια) ͵α | παιδὶ πανκρατιαστῇ (δηνάρια) ͵αχν´ | ἀγενείῳ σταδιαδρόμῳ (δηνάρια) ψν´ | ἀγενείῳ πεντάθλῳ (δηνάρια) τπε´ || ἀγενείῳ παλαιστῇ (δηνάρια) ͵α | ἀγενείῳ πύκτῃ (δηνάρια) ͵αφ´ | ἀγενείῳ πανκρατιαστῇ (δηνάρια) ͵αφ´ | ἀνδρὶ δολιχαδρόμῳ (δηνάρια) ψν´ | vac. | ἀνδρὶ σταδιαδρόμῳ (δηνάρια) ͵ασν´ || ἀνδρὶ διαυλα̣δρόμῳ (δηνάρια) ͵α | ἀνδρὶ πεντάθλῳ (δηνάρια) φ´ | ἀνδρὶ παλαιστῇ (δηνάρια) ͵β | ἀνδρὶ πύκτῃ leaf (δηνάρια) ͵β

(column iii) ἀνδρὶ πανκρατιαστῇ (δηνάρια) ͵γ | ὁπλειτοδρόμῳ (δηνάρια) φ´ | ἀποβάτῃ (δηνάρια) σν´ | ἱππικῷ (δηνάρια) ψν´ || σκαμματος καὶ μαγγάνων | εἰς τὸ στάδιον (δηνάρια) φ´ | ἱ̣μά̣ντων μισθός (δηνάρια) σν´ | ξ̣υστάρχῃ εἰς ἀναπλή|ρωσιν (δηνάρια) χοδ´ || ἀνδριάντος scroll (δηνάρια) ͵α | vac.

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