Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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162. Funerary verse for Arcimus
Description
- Monument:
A white marble panel (0.43 × 0.33 × 0.05), chipped at sides and broken at upper left
corner.
- Text:
Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
Clear, irregular. av. 0.04.
- Date:
Fifth-sixth century (lettering, metre).
Text
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[?κὲ ἐ]ν̣ ἔργοις | κὲ ἐν πᾶσι τι|μητὸν βίον | κατέλιπεν |
| 5 |
Ἄρκιμος ὁ Δα-
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μοχάριδος |
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Translation
He left a life distinguished [?both] in works and in all
things, Arcimus son of Damocharis.
Apparatus
l. 2/3: τιμῇ τὸν ALA;
τιμητὸν Feissel (1991).
Photographs
Commentary
The first four lines are in verse. See discussion at IX.26, and,
for verse inscriptions, IX.15.
Locations
- Found:
North Odeon: in the top soil.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1968 (68.321).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity
no. 162, whence PHI 729.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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