Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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164. Epitaph of Philosophia
Description
- Monument:
A ?white marble column (no further description and no
dimensions).
- Text:
On the face of the column.
- Letters:
Remarkably abundant abbreviations.
- Date:
AD 551.
Text
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cross ἐτελιώθι κ(αὶ) ἀνεπάη ὁ μακ[άριος] ὁ κη(δεστής)
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μου Ἀρ(ι)στόλαος [ἰ]νδ(ικτίωνος) α´, μη(νὸς) β´, ιδ´ ἡμέ(ρᾳ) [?πρώ]τῃ cross
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cross ἀνεπάη δὲ κ(αὶ) ἡ τρισεύμοιρος ἡ μακαρ(ία)
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ἡ γεναμέ(νη) κυρὰ τῶν ὧδε, ἡ κηδεστρία μου
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Θεοδωρήτα ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) δ´, μη(νὸς) δ´, ιγ´ ἡμέ(ρᾳ) ἕκτῃ cross
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cross ἐτέχθη ἡ κυρὰ Φιλοσοφία ἡ θυγάτηρ
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μὲν Ἀριστολάου κ(αὶ) Θεοδωρήτας τῶν μα-
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καρ(ίων), γαμε(τὴ) δὲ γεναμέ(νη) γνησία ἐμοῦ Ἰωάννου |
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Φιλαδέλφου, ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιε´, μη(νὸς) δ´, ε´, ὑπ(ατείας) Ῥουστικίου, καὶ
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ἔζησεν, ἐξεβίου <ου> ἄχρι ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιδ´, μη(νὸς) ζ´, κ´, ἡμέ(ρα) |
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τετράδι, βασιλίας τοῦ θ[ι]οτά(του) κ(αὶ) εὐσεβε(στάτου) ἡμῶν
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δεσπό(του) Φλ(αουίου) Ἰουστινια[ν]οῦ ἔτους κε´, μ(ε)τ(ὰ) ὑπ(ατείαν) Φλ(αουίου) Βασι(λίου)
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ἔτους ι´. χρὴ οὖν εἰδένε τοὺς ζῶντας ὡς |
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ἔζησεν ἡ μακαρί[α] Φιλοσοφία τὰ πά(ντα) ἔτη
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κθ´ μῆ(νας) β´, ἡ[μέ(ρας) ?ιε´. δεχ]έσθω οὖν αὐτῶ(ν) τὰ ψυχία |
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[?ὁ Θ(εό)ς, κ(αὶ)] ἐῶ[να] ταῖς ψυχε͂ς αὐτῶν
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vac. χαρίσε cross
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Translation
Aristolaus, my father-in-law, of blessed memory, died and
entered his rest in indiction 1, month 2, day 14, a [?Sun]day (or [?Fri]day.)
The thrice fortunate, of blessed memory, who was lady of
these here, my mother-in-law, Theodoreta, also entered her rest in
indiction 4, month 4, day 13, a Friday.
The lady Philosophia, the daughter of Aristolaus and
Theodoreta of blessed memory, who became acknowledged wife to me, John
Philadelphus, was born in indiction 15. month 4, day 5, in the
consulate of Rusticius and lived her full span until indiction 14.
month 7, day 20, a Wednesday, year 25 of the reign of our most sacred
and pious master. Flavius Justinian, and year 10 after the consulate
of Flavius Basilius. So the living should know that Philosophia, of
blessed memory, lived in all 29 years, 2 months, [?15] days. So may
[God] receive their souls, [and] grant eternity to their spirits.
Apparatus
l.10. ἐξεβίου Reinach,
ἐξ ἐκείνου Grégoire.
l.15. εσθ(ου)ν Reinach wrote
[Δεχ]έσθω θ(εὸ)ς ὀ͂ν, but
Grégoire's[Δεχ]έσθω ὀ͂ν seems preferable.
l.16. [καὶ ζωὴν εἰς Reinach:ὁ θ(εὸ)ς κ(αὶ)] Grégoire.
Representations
| Photograph of squeeze by M. H. Martin,
Collège de France.
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Commentary
See discussion at IX.30.
Locations
- Found:
Fields: 'hors des murs, le long de la route, à
droite, 20 m. avant la porte Est' (Grégoire interpreted this as
meaning 20 minutes, but 20 metres seems more likely).
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Findspot.
History
- Recording:
Recorded by Gaudin (46); not reported subsequently.
- Bibliography:
Published by Reinach, no. 203, from Gaudin, whence
Grégoire, IGC 255; by Roueché,
Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 164 and plate xxxviii, whence PHI
742 . Discussed by D. Feissel, ‘Une épitaphe
d'Aphrodisias et le calendrier de la province d'Asie au Bas-Empire',
BCH 119 1995, 375-79.
- Text constituted from:
Publications; squeeze.
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