12.634. ?Funerary text for Aurelii Zenon and Hypsikles

Description:
Section of white marble cornice (W. 2.33 × H. 0.23 x depth not measurable).
Text:
Inscribed on two of the three fasciae.
Letters:
Second to third century forms; l.1, 0.03; l.2, 0.028. Ligatures: l.1, ΗΝ twice; l.2, ΜΗ, ΗΝ, ΝΗ. Apex on first Υ, l.1.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, nomenclature).
Findspot:
Walls, South (east part): Found reused as part of a string course on the inner face of the excavated stretch.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1978)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1975 (Walls 112).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[Αὐρήλιοι ·· ? ·· καὶ] Ζήνων καὶ Ὑψικλῆς υἱοὶ Αὐρηλίου Ζήνωνος ἀ<ρ>χιερέως γ´ ὁμοῦ · ἀδελφοὶ δὲ Αὐρηλίου Ζή[?νωνος ·· ? ··]
2 [·· ? ·· κατὰ τὴν δια]τάγην δηλοῦσθαι διὰ τῶν ἀρχείων ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου Ἀρίστωνος πεντάκι τοῦ Ἀρχιμ<ή>δου μηνὸς v. [·· ? ··]
1[········ - - - ···]ΖΗΝΩΝΚΑΙΥΨΙΚΛΗΣΥΙΟΙΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΑΧΙΕΡΕΩΣΓΟΜΟΥ·ΑΔΕΛΦΟΙΔΕΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥΖΗ[····· - - - ]
2[ - - - ··········]ΤΑΓΗΝΔΗΛΟΥΣΘΑΙΔΙΑΤΩΝΑΡΧΕΙΩΝΕΠΙΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥΑΡΙΣΤΩΝΟΣΠΕΝΤΑΚΙΤΟΥΑΡΧΙΜΔΟΥΜΗΝΟΣ [ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Αὐρήλιοι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
Ζ
ήν
ων
καὶ
Ὑψικλῆς
υἱοὶ
Αὐρηλίου
Ζ
ήν
ωνος
ἀ
<supplied reason="omitted" >
ρ
</supplied>
χιερέως
<num value="3" >
γ
</num>
ὁμοῦ
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="character" />
ἀδελφοὶ
δὲ
Αὐρηλίου
Ζή
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
νωνος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κατὰ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὴν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δια
</supplied>
τάγ
ην
δηλοῦσθαι
διὰ
τῶν
ἀρχείων
ἐπὶ
στεφα
νη
φόρου
Ἀρίστωνος
πεντάκι
τοῦ
Ἀρχιμ
<supplied reason="omitted" >
ή
</supplied>
δου
μη
νὸς
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, ΑΙΧΕΡΕΩΣ

l. 2, ΑΡΧΙΜΜΔΟΥ

The text probably extended to the left, but not to the right

Translation:

[Aurelii? ... and ] Zenon and Hypsikles sons of Aurelius Zenon, highpriest three times, as well as brothers of Aurelius Ze[non .... according to the] testament to be displayed in the archives in the stephanephorate of Ariston fifth (descendant of that name) of Archimedes, in the month [...]

Commentary:

For the formula cf. 11.33 (=MAMA 539)

For the stephanephorus cf. 12.524 (=MAMA 559), under or after Trajan.

For the persons, cf. ? 1.168 (=CIG 2803), 11.507 (=2759b), 12.712 (=Reinach 29)

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)
Left end (1977)
 Left end (1977)
Right end (1977)
 Right end (1977)

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