151. Epitaph of ?M. Aur. Leontius Auchenius and M. Aur. Papias Polychronius

Description

Monument: White marble garland sarcophagus. See Isik 176 for a full description.
Text: Inscribed on the tabella (0.195 × 0.345) from which a previous inscription has been erased. Line 1 on the upper moulding, lines 2 ff. inscribed within the panel; lines 3-6, 9-12 impinge on the right moulding. Very worn.
Letters: Irregular and poorly formed, 0.01-0.015; cursive alpha, omega and mu used sporadically, square sigma.
Date: Late third/early fourth century (titles).

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	Ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ περικίμε -
	νος τόπος τού -
	τω μνημείῳ ἐ -
	στὶν Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Λεοντ -
5	ήου Αὐχενίου
	διδασκάλου
	φίλων καὶ
	Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Παπα -
	<α>ίου Πολυχρ[ο] -
10	νίου διοικη -
	τοῦ Παπίου πο -
	λιτευομένου.

Translation

The sarcophagus, and the area surrounding this memorial, is (the property of) M. Aurelius Leontius Auchenius, teacher of friends, and M. Aurelius Papaeus Polychronius, steward of Papias, curialis.

Photographs

Face (1978) Detail (1978)

Commentary

The principal indication of date is the title of Papias' master; see discussion at IX.11.

Locations

Found: Stray find.
Original: Unknown.
Last Recorded: Museum.

History

Recording: Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 48).
Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 151, whence cited, but with the wrong text, at PHI 454; by Reynolds, in F. Isik, Garland Sarcophagi, 176.
Text constituted from: Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

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