150. Epitaph of ?Vitus, also called Asterius, cursor of the phylae

Description

Monument: A small stele (0.75 × 0.37 × 0.25) with only one prepared face, slightly recessed; above this a rough circle is the only trace of decoration.
Text: Inscribed on the prepared face (prepared area H. 0.39, W. 0.255); the surface is very worn.
Letters: Irregular cursive hand , 0.015-0.02.
Date: Third-fourth century (formulae, penalty).

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	ὁ τόπος ἐστὶν καὶ
	ὁ πλάτας Βίτου μονη
	[... c. 6 ...]ρωτικου τοῦ
	Πραυλίου τοῦ καὶ Ἀστε-
5	ρίου κούρσορος τῶν
	σεμνοτάτων φυλῶν.
	εἴ τις δὲ βουληθείη Ι
	χωρὶς γνώσεως ἐ-
	μῆς ἐνθάψαι τινὰ
10	δώσει τῷ ἱερωτάτῳ
	ταμείῳ χρυσοῦ
	λίτραν μίαν.

Translation

The place and the platform are (the property) of ?Vitus [son of] ...]roticus son of Praulius, also known as Asterius, cursor, of the most revered phylae; if anyone should wish, without my knowledge, to bury anyone in (here), he will give to the most sacred treasury one pound of gold.

Apparatus

l. 4: Παυλίου Roueché, ALA; Πραυλίου cj Feissel (1991).

Photographs

Face (1978) Face (1977)

Commentary

See discussion at IX.10; for the penalty, and its implications for the date, see IX.5.

Locations

Found: Stray find.
Original: Unknown.
Last Recorded: Museum.

History

Recording: Found by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 150 and plate xxxvi, whence PHI 517; discussed, Feissel (1991), 375.
Text constituted from: Copies (Reynolds, Roueché).

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