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169. Epitaph of Theodorus, ceromatitites

Description | Text | Translation | Images | Commentary | Location | History


Description

  • Monument: Plain white marble pillar reshaped as a Moslem tombstone (H. 0.34, W. 0.30)
  • Text: Inscribed on the face.
  • Letters: 0.0225-0.03.
  • Date: Fourth century or later (content).

Text [Font help][Conventions]

  cross ἔνθα κατά-
  κιτε Θεόδω-
  ρος κηροματί-
  της Ζωητοῦ ἀ
δελφός.

Translation

Here lies Theodore, ceromatites, brother of Zoetus.

Commentary

See IX.41 and for this man's brother see 243 and discussion at IX.43; for the phrasing see IX.39.

Locations

  • Found: Cemeteries: in the wall of the Turkish cemetery.
  • Original: Unknown.
  • Last Recorded: Findspot.

History

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