Description of Monument
White marble sarcophagus ( 2.09 × 0.84 × 0.84) with columnar arcade design. A full length male portrait in the centre, within an arch, is is flanked by two figures on either side. Those on the extreme right and the second from left hold masks; the second from the right holds a lyre; that on the extrme right apparently also holds palms. The columns between the figures uphold a cornice.
Description of Text
Inscribed on the cornice (l. 1) and on the lower moulding (l. 2). The text must have begun on the lid.
Date
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Edition
ψηφίσματος οὔτε δι' ἄκτου βουλῆς ἐπεὶ ὁ παρὰ ταῦτά τι ποιήσας ἔστω ἀσεβὴς καὶ τυμβωρύχος καὶ ἀποτεισάτω
δηνάρια ὧν τὸ τρίτον ἔσται τοῦ ἐκδικήσαντος τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς ἀντίγραφον ἀπετέθη εἰς τὸ χρεοφυλάκιον ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου
Translation
No translation yet (2007)
Commentary
No commentary yet (2007)
Locations
City, Village: 'In a house yard' (MAMA)
Necropolis
Museum
Text Constituted From
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publication.
History of Recording
Recorded K&R (RI.24); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography
Published by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 584, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 550
.