13.135. Funerary inscription for Marcus Aurelius Hermogenes
- Description:
- White marble sarcophagus lid (W. 2.05 x H. c. 0.35 x D. 0.94), broken away to right.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the edge, which is interrupted by the vertical projections.
- Letters:
- Standard forms; 0.015-0.02.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, North-east chamber tomb, 1994.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition, in 1994 (Sarcophagus index 443a)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ τόπος καθ' οὗ ἐπικεῖται ἐστιν Μάρκου Α[ὐ]ρηλίο[υ Ἑρ]-
- 2μογένους τοῦ Νάρδο projection υ εἰς ἣν σορὸν τέθαπται αὐ[?τὸς ···]
- 3 αὐτοῦ ταφήσεται δὲ projection καὶ Τατιανὸς ὁ προγεγραμμέν[?ος ···]
- 4 τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ κ projection αὶ οὓς ἄν ζῶν ὁ Τατιανὸς ἢ [···]
- 5[οὐ]δεὶς ἕξει ἐξουσ projection ίαν ἐνθάψαι ἢ ἐκθάψ[αι ·· ? ··]
- 1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΟΤΟΠΟΣΚΑΘ'ΟΥΕΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙΕΣΤΙΝΜΑΡΚΟΥΑ[·]ΡΗΛΙΟ[···]
- 2ΜΟΓΕΝΟΥΣΤΟΥΝΑΡΔΟ projection ΥΕΙΣΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΤΕΘΑΠΤΑΙΑΥ[··· ···]
- 3ΑΥΤΟΥΤΑΦΗΣΕΤΑΙΔΕ projection ΚΑΙΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΣΟΠΡΟΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝ[·· ···]
- 4ΤΑΤΕΚΝΑΑΥΤΟΥΚ projection ΑΙΟΥΣΑΝΖΩΝΟΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΣΗ[···]
- 5[··]ΔΕΙΣΕΞΕΙΕΞΟΥΣ projection ΙΑΝΕΝΘΑΨΑΙΗΕΚΘΑΨ[·· - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἡ
σορὸς
καὶ
ὁ
τόπος
καθ'
οὗ
ἐπικεῖται
ἐστιν
Μάρκου
Α
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reason="lost"
>
ὐ
</supplied>
ρηλίο
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
υ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ἑρ
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
μογένους
τοῦ
Νάρδο
<g
type="projection"
/>
υ
εἰς
ἣν
σορὸν
τέθαπται
αὐ
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
τὸς
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
αὐτοῦ
ταφήσεται
δὲ
<g
type="projection"
/>
καὶ
Τατιανὸς
ὁ
προγεγραμμέν
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reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ος
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
τὰ
τέκνα
αὐτοῦ
κ
<g
type="projection"
/>
αὶ
οὓς
ἄν
ζῶν
ὁ
Τατιανὸς
ἢ
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
οὐ
</supplied>
δεὶς
ἕξει
ἐξουσ
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type="projection"
/>
ίαν
ἐνθάψαι
ἢ
ἐκθάψ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
αι
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Translation:
The sarcophagus and the place on which it is placed belongs to Marcus Aurelius Hermogenes son of Nardos, in which sarcophagus has been buried [ . . .] of him, and will be buried also the aforementioned Tatianos [·· ? ··] his children, and whomever Tatianos, in his lifetime, [·· ? ··] no-one will have authority to bury or to exhume [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
The text must have continued some considerable way to the right.
Photographs:
- Lid (1994)
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- Lid (1994)
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- Lid (1994)
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- Lid (1994)
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- Lid (1994)
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