13.405. Funerary inscription
- Description:
- White marble sarcophagus with lid (W. 2.275 x H. 1.545 x D. 1.11), decorated with three garlands with busts between, and two standing figures below; for fuller description see bibliography.
- Text:
- It was once inscribed along the edge of the lid, along the upper front edge of the box and on either side of the busts, but the texts have been carefully erased, leaving only a few letters along the front edge.
- Letters:
- c. 0.02-0.03. Lunate sigma.
- Date:
- Third century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, South .
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1980)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1971; an accidental find by a villager. (Walls 5, 71.100).
- Bibliography:
- Text unpublished; sarcophagus published most recently by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, Sarcophagus 13
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [···]ΑΛΩ [·· c. 6 ··]ΣΟΓ̣ [·· c. 4 ··]ΟΚΛΙ
- 1[···]ΑΛΩ[······]ΣΟ·[····]ΟΚΛΙ
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ΑΛΩ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="6"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
σο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
γ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
οκλι
</orig>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
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