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170. Epitaph of Charito

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


Description

  • Monument: A white marble panel, slightly chipped (0.33 x 031 x 0.05).
  • Text: Inscribed on the face, which is smooth.
  • Letters: Clear and irregular, av. 0.03; cursive forms; abbreviations ΙΔΝ/, Η over Μ.
  • Date: Fifth-sixth century or later (dating).

Text [Font help][Conventions]

  cross ἔνθα κατά-
  κιτε Χαρίτου
  γαμητὴ Ναρσῆ
  τελευτᾷ ἰ(ν)δ(ικτίω)ν(ος) ζ´
vac. μη(νός) vac.
  vac.

Translation

Here lies Charito, wife of Narses; she dies in the seventh indiction, month —.

Photographs

Face (1977)
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Commentary

See discussion at IX.44, and for the phrasing, IX.39.

Locations

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

History

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