Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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171. Epitaph of John and others
Description
- Monument:
Left side of a white marble block without moulding
(0.28 × 0.18 × 0.20). The left, upper, and lower
sides, and the back survive.
- Text:
Inscribed on the face (a) and on the underside
(b) suggesting that the face perhaps lay upwards.
- Letters:
Irregular, clear and tall, 0.025-0.03, cross 0.05; Κ with
scroll on lower arm for καὶ.
- Date:
Fifth-sixth century or later (dating, lettering).
Text
| a |
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cross ἰν[δ(ικτίωνος)... ἔνθα]
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[κ]ατάκε̣[ιται ...] |
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[.]νδρ[...]
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κ(αὶ) Ἀθα̣[?νάσιος ... κ(αὶ)]
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| 5 |
[Μά]ξιμ[?ος ...]
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| b |
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λ̣[...]
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κ(αὶ) Ἰωά[ννης ...]
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vac. τηγ̣ [...]
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Translation
a. ?lndiction [?Here] lies [...] and Atha[?nasius] and
[... ?and ?Ma]ximus [...]
b. [...] and John [...].
Photographs
| a: Face (1985)
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b: Face (1985)
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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
- Recording:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1985 (85.103).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias 171, whence PHI
748 a.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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