11.8. Funerary for ?Attalos son of Menippos
- Description:
- White marble block (W. 1.235 × H. 0.635 × D. 0.20).
- Text:
- Inscribed at the centre right of one face; from a complex of which this was the right hand element. There is a very slight drafting onto which some letters impinge.
- Letters:
- Standard forms, ave. 0.025
- Date:
- First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- City, Village: stray find from demolished house near SW Sebasteion trench.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1988)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1987 (87.377)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] ἡ σορὸς σὺν τῷ βωμῷ vac.
- 2[·· ? ··] Ἀττάλου τοῦ Μενίππου vac.
- 3[·· ? ··] τοῦ Ἀθηναγόρου v. ζῇ vac.
- 1[ - - - ]ΗΣΟΡΟΣΣΥΝΤΩΒΩΜΩ
- 2[ - - - ]ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥΤΟΥΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥ
- 3[ - - - ]ΤΟΥΑΘΗΝΑΓΟΡΟΥ ΖΗ
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
ἡ
σορὸς
σὺν
τῷ
βωμῷ
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
Ἀττάλου
τοῦ
Μενίππου
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
τοῦ
Ἀθηναγόρου
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
ζῇ
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
Translation:
The tomb with the base [...] of Attalos son of Menippos [...] of Athenagoras. He lives.
Commentary:
The names are all standard at Aphrodisias: see name index.
Photographs:
- Face (1988)
-
- Detail (1988)
-
You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 5 to validate this file.)