13.137. Funerary inscription of M. Aur. Menandros
- Description:
- Fragment from the short end of a highly decorated white marble sarcophagus lid (W. 1.15)
- Text:
- Inscribed (l. 1) on the edge (H. 0.03) and (ll. 2 ff.) on the vertical projection (W. 0.28 × H. 0.22)
- Letters:
- Irregular, ?late; lunate sigma, epsilon, omega; c. 0.025 (l.1) - 0.05
- Date:
- Second to fourth centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, North-east, near chamber tomb.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1994 (Sarcophagus Index 450)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἡ σορὸς κὲ ὁ τόπος ἐστιν Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου)Μενάνδρου τοῦ Ἀγα-
- 2πωμενοῦ
- 3 τοῦ Φημι-
- 4δου
- 5 Ζῶσιν
- 1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΕΟΤΟΠΟΣΕΣΤΙΝΜΑΥΡΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥΤΟΥΑΓΑ
- 2ΠΩΜΕΝΟΥ
- 3ΤΟΥΦΗΜΙ
- 4ΔΟΥ
- 5ΖΩΣΙΝ
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἡ
σορὸς
<orig
>
κὲ
</orig>
ὁ
τόπος
ἐστιν
<expan>
<abbr>
Μ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
άρκου
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ηλίου
</supplied>
Μενάνδρου
τοῦ
Ἀγα
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
πωμενοῦ
<lb
n="3"
/>
τοῦ
Φημι
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
δου
<lb
n="5"
/>
Ζῶσιν
</ab>
Translation:
The tomb and the space for it belong to M. Aurelius Menandros son of Agapomenos son of Phemidos. They are alive.
Commentary:
The inscription appears to be secondary to the sarcophagus.
Photographs:
- View (1994)
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- Face (1994)
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