Description:
White marble sarcophagus, with lid, (W. c. 2.00); for description see Isik 178.
Text:
a. ll. 1-2 inscribed on the lower moulding of the lid, excluding the projections, ll. 3-21 on the tabella impinging on all mouldings, ll. 22-23 on the lower moulding of the sarcophagus. Text b. is on the projections on the lid.
Letters:
Quite well-designed, cut and aligned in the second-to-fourth-century style; a l.1, 0.022; l.2, 0.025; l.3, 0.02, ll.4 ff, 0.018-0.02. b, 0.06. Ligatured ΤΗ (ll. 3, 21), ΝΗ (l. 4), ΜΗΝ (l. 23), ΜΜ (l.7). Star for denarius; slanting stroke before the figure in l. 22 and after it in l. 23.
Date:
Perhaps first half of the third century (lettering, nomenclature).
Findspot:
Necropolis, North-east in chamber tomb, with 13.111 (=410), 13.108 (=411), 13.110 (=414), 13.101 (=415).
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Museum (1994)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Sarcophagus catalogue 412)
Bibliography:
Published by Reynolds and Isik, no. 178
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
a
1 ἠ σορός ἐστιν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Ἑκαταίου τοῦ Διονυσίου τοῦ Ζή-
2νωνος τρὶς τοῦ projection Ἑκαταίο<υ> Χάρμου καὶ Αὐρη̣λία<ς> projection Τατίας τῆς Ἀ-
3λεξάνδρου τῆς γυναι-
4κὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾗ σο-
5ρῷ ταφήσονται Ἀλέ-
6ξα<ν>δρ⌜ος⌝ καὶ Τατία οἱ
7 προγεγραμμένοι
8 καὶ Αὐρήλιοι Ἀλέξαν-
9δρος καὶἈλεξάνδρα οἱ
10 Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Ἑ
11 καταίου τὰ τέκνα
12 αὐτῶν ἕτερον δὲ οὐ-
13 δεὶς ἕξει ἐξουσίαν ἐν-
14θάψαι ἢ ἐκθάψαι τοὺς
15 προδηλουμένους
16 ἐπεὶ ὁ τοιοῦτό τι
17 τολμήσας ἔστω ἀσε-
18βὴς καὶ ἐπάρατος καὶ
19 τυμβωρύχος καὶ προσ-
20αποτεισάτω τῇ θεῷ Ἀ-
21φροδείτῃ εἰς χρυσια-
22κὸν κόσμον ἀργυρίου (δηνάρια) ͵αφ´ stop τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς ταύτης ἀπετέθη ἀντίγραφον εἰς τὸ χρεοφυλάκιον
23 ἐπί στεφανηφόρου τὸ ζ´ Ὑψικλέους τοῦ Ἀδράστου Ἱέρακος μηνὸς Λώου Ἁδριανοῦ
b
1Ζῶ|σιν
a
1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΕΣΤΙΝΜΑΡΚΟΥΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΤΟΥΕΚΑΤΑΙΟΥΤΟΥΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΤΟΥΖΗ
2ΝΩΝΟΣΤΡΙΣΤΟΥ projection ΕΚΑΤΑΙΟΧΑΡΜΟΥΚΑΙΑΥΡ·ΛΙΑ projection ΤΑΤΙΑΣΤΗΣΑ
3ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΤΗΣΓΥΝΑΙ
4ΚΟΣΑΥΤΟΥΕΝΗΣΟ
5ΡΩΤΑΦΗΣΟΝΤΑΙΑΛΕ
6ΞΑΔΡΑΚΑΙΤΑΤΙΑΟΙ
7ΠΡΟΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΙ
8ΚΑΙΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΙΑΛΕΞΑΝ
9ΔΡΟΣΚΑΙΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΑΟΙ
10ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΤΟΥΕ
11ΚΑΤΑΙΟΥΤΑΤΕΚΝΑ
12ΑΥΤΩΝΕΤΕΡΟΝΔΕΟΥ
13ΔΕΙΣΕΞΕΙΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝΕΝ
14ΘΑΨΑΙΗΕΚΘΑΨΑΙΤΟΥΣ
15ΠΡΟΔΗΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ
16ΕΠΕΙΟΤΟΙΟΥΤΟΤΙ
17ΤΟΛΜΗΣΑΣΕΣΤΩΑΣΕ
18ΒΗΣΚΑΙΕΠΑΡΑΤΟΣΚΑΙ
19ΤΥΜΒΩΡΥΧΟΣΚΑΙΠΡΟΣ
20ΑΠΟΤΕΙΣΑΤΩΤΗΘΕΩΑ
21ΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗΕΙΣΧΡΥΣΙΑ
22ΚΟΝΚΟΣΜΟΝΑΡΓΥΡΙΟΥ denarius ΑΦ stop ΤΗΣΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΗΣΤΑΥΤΗΣΑΠΕΤΕΘΗΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟΝΕΙΣΤΟΧΡΕΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ
23ΕΠΙΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥΤΟΖΥΨΙΚΛΕΟΥΣΤΟΥΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΥΙΕΡΑΚΟΣΜΗΝΟΣΛΩΟΥΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ
b
1ΖΩΣΙΝ
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σορός
ἐστιν
Μάρκου
Αὐρηλίου
Ἀλεξάνδρου
τοῦ
Ἑκαταίου
τοῦ
Διονυσίου
τοῦ
Ζή
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νωνος
τρὶς
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Ἑκαταίο
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υ
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Χάρμου
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η
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λία
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ς
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Τατίας
τῆς
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λεξάνδρου
τῆ
ς
γυναι
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κὸς
αὐτοῦ
ν
σο
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ρῷ
ταφήσονται
Ἀλέ
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ξα
<supplied reason="omitted" >
ν
</supplied>
δρ
<choice> type="correction"
<sic >
α
</sic>
<corr>
ος
</corr>
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καὶ
Τατία
οἱ
<lb n="7" />
προγεγρα
μμ
ένοι
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καὶ
Αὐρήλιοι
Ἀλέξαν
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
δρος
καὶ
Ἀλεξάνδρα
οἱ
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Ἀλεξάνδρου
τοῦ
<lb n="11" />
καταίου
τὰ
τέκνα
<lb n="12" />
αὐτῶν
ἕτερον
δὲ
οὐ
<lb n="13" type="worddiv" />
δεὶς
ἕξει
ἐξουσίαν
ἐν
<lb n="14" type="worddiv" />
θάψαι
ἐκθάψαι
τοὺς
<lb n="15" />
προδηλουμένους
<lb n="16" />
ἐπεὶ
τοιοῦτό
τι
<lb n="17" />
τολμήσας
ἔστω
ἀσε
<lb n="18" type="worddiv" />
βὴς
καὶ
ἐπάρατος
καὶ
<lb n="19" />
τυμβωρύχος
καὶ
προσ
<lb n="20" type="worddiv" />
αποτεισάτω
τῇ
θεῷ
<lb n="21" type="worddiv" />
φροδεί
τῃ
εἰς
χρυσια
<lb n="22" type="worddiv" />
κὸν
κόσμον
ἀργυρίου
<expan>
<abbr>
<orig >
<g type="denarius" />
</orig>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
δηνάρια
</supplied>
</expan>
<num value="1500" >
αφ
</num>
<g type="stop" />
τῆς
ἐπιγραφῆς
ταύτης
ἀπετέθη
ἀντίγραφον
εἰς
τὸ
χρεοφυλάκιον
<lb n="23" />
ἐπί
στεφανηφόρου
τὸ
<num value="7" >
ζ
</num>
Ὑψικλέους
τοῦ
Ἀδράστου
Ἱέρακος
μην
ὸς
Λώου
Ἁδριανοῦ
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Ζῶ
<milestone unit="block" />
σιν
</ab>
</div>

Apparatus

l. 6, ΑΛΕ|ΞΑΔΡΑ lapis, but there can be no doubt that the two owners were meant.

Translation:

a. The sarcophagus is the property of Marcus Aurelius Alexandros, son of Hekataios the son of Dionysios the son of Zenon third from (i.e. son of Zenon son of Zenon son of) Hekataios Charmos, and of Aurelia Tatia, daughter of Alexandros, his wife; in which tomb there shall be buried Alexandros and Tatia the afore-mentioned, and Aurelii Alexandros and Alexandra the children of Alexandros son of Hekataios, their children; but no-one else will have a right to bury in it or to remove those named above. Since whoever dares to do anything of the kind is to be held sacrilegious, accursed and a tomb-breaker, and in addition is to pay to the goddess Aphrodite to provide her golden adornments 1500 silver denarii. A copy of this inscribed text was deposited in the Property-Archive when Hypsikles son of Adrastos Hierax was stephanephorus for the seventh time in the month Loos, which is the month of Hadrian.

b. They are still living

Commentary:

The sarcophagus was found in a chamber-tomb along with 13.111, 13.108, 13.110 and another (13.101) of a different type, and should belong to approximately the same period as they do. All are surely of the third century and perhaps of its first half. The male owner gives a long genealogy, but nothing suggests that he is a member of the Aphrodisian élite. It is probable that he was the first of his family to receive Roman citizenship and did so as a result of the Edict of Caracalla in A.D. 212.

The funerary formulae contain some variants from the standard, notably in omitting the provision for payment of the prosecutor and in specifying the purpose for which the treasurers of Aphrodite should use the fine; cf. also 2.309 (=no. 100). For the possibility that the specification of silver denarii may indicate a date when the coinage was being seriously debased see Introduction.The stephanephoros, who came of a family very prominent in Aphrodisian public life in the first and second centuries A.D., may also have appeared in 13.149 (=no. 104).

Photographs:

Sarcophagus (1994)
 Sarcophagus (1994)
Sarcophagus (1994)
 Sarcophagus (1994)

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