Description:
White marble panel, broken below (H. 0.44 × W. 0.21 × D. 0.03).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Poor and unevenly aligned, av. 0.02; from l. 7 the lightly scratched draft which the cutter often failed to follow at all exactly can be seen at many points, enabling us to correct some errors. Cursive forms. In ll. 2 and 4 the crossbar of epsilon is omitted. ΚΕ in l.12.
Date:
Fifth/sixth century or later (content, lettering).
Findspot:
Stray find.
Original Location:
Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1984.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias 172, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 747.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
1 cross ἔνθα κα-
2τάκιτε
3Εὐτυχία
4γεναμέ̣-
5νι θρέψα-
6σα κὲ εὐπρε-
7πὲς με-
8τὰ τῶν πε-
9δίων αὐ-
10τῆς· Κύριε
11μνήσθιθι
12αὐτῆς Κ(ύρι)ε.
1 cross ΕΝΘΑΚΑ
2ΤΑΚΙΤΕ
3ΕΥΤΥΧΙΑ
4ΓΕΝΑΜ·
5ΝΙΘΡΕΨΑ
6ΣΑΚΕΕΥΠΡΕ
7ΠΕΣΜΕ
8ΤΑΤΩΝΠΕ
9ΔΙΩΝΑΥ
10ΤΗΣΚΥΡΙΕ
11ΜΝΗΣΘΙΘΙ
12ΑΥΤΗΣΚΕ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="cross" />
ἔνθα
κα
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
τάκιτε
<lb n="3" />
Εὐτυχία
<lb n="4" />
γεναμ
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
νι
θρέψα
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
σα
κὲ
εὐπρε
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
πὲς
με
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
τὰ
τῶν
πε
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
δίων
αὐ
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
τῆς
·
Κύριε
<lb n="11" />
μνήσθιθι
<lb n="12" />
αὐτῆς
<expan>
<abbr>
Κ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ύρι
</supplied>
<abbr>
ε
</abbr>
</expan>
.
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 6. Misprinted as εὐπε- in ALA.

l. 10. Draft as given, but the mason only cut ΚΥΙΕ.

l. 12. Draft as given, but the mason cut Υ v. ΤΗΣ.

Translation:

Here lies Eutychia. who was ?a mother/nurse, and of good repute, with her children. Lord remember her, Lord.

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 IX.44.

Photographs:

Face (1985)
 Face (1985)

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