12.313. Funerary inscription for Liburnos son of Diotrephes
- Description:
- White marble block W. 0.78 × H. 0.99 × D. 0.51 the exposed face was within a moulding which was capped by a moulded gable between acroteria; all mouldings have been carefully chipped away to facilitate re-use. The sides were left rough, and not intended to be seen, but the face is designed like a stele.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the main panel on the face.
- Letters:
- ave 0.025, l.7 0.028.
- Date:
- Perhaps late first, early second century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Walls, East (south part): in the stretch south of the car park
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (DM; Walls 158).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 τὸν πλάταν κατεσ-
- 2κεύασεν Λιβυρνος Διο-
- 3τρέφους ἐν ᾧ πλάτᾳ
- 4 οὐδεὶς ἐξουσίαν ἕ-
- 5ξει θεῖναί τινα χωρὶς
- 6 τῆς τοῦ κληρονόμου
- 7 vac. μου γνώμης vac.
- 7a vac.
- 1ΤΟΝΠΛΑΤΑΝΚΑΤΕΣ
- 2ΚΕΥΑΣΕΝΛΙΒΥΡΝΟΣΔΙΟ
- 3ΤΡΕΦΟΥΣΕΝΩΠΛΑΤΑ
- 4ΟΥΔΕΙΣΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝΕ
- 5ΞΕΙΘΕΙΝΑΙΤΙΝΑΧΩΡΙΣ
- 6ΤΗΣΤΟΥΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΟΥ
- 7 ΜΟΥΓΝΩΜΗΣ
- 7a
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τὸν
πλάταν
κατεσ
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κεύασεν
Λιβυρνος
Διο
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τρέφους
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πλάτᾳ
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οὐδεὶς
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ἕ
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ξει
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χωρὶς
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τῆς
τοῦ
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μου
γνώμης
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Translation:
Liburnos son of Diotrephes prepared the platform, on which platform no-one will have authority to place anyone without the consent of my heir.
Commentary:
An unusual formula at Aphrodisias.
Photographs:
- Face (1989)
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