Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

172. Epitaph of Eutychia

Monument: White marble panel, broken below (0.44 × 0.21 × 0.03).
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Poor and unevenly aligned, av. 0.02; from l. 7 the lightly scratched draft which the cutter often failed to follow at all exactly can be seen at many points, enabling us to correct some errors. Cursive forms. In ll. 2 and 4 the crossbar of epsilon is omitted. ΚΕ in l.12.
Date: Fifth/sixth century or later (content, lettering).

Here lies Eutychia. who was ?a mother/nurse, and of good repute, with her children. Lord remember her, Lord.

l. 6. Misprinted as εὐπε- in ALA.

l. 10. Draft as given, but the mason only cut ΚΥΙΕ.

l. 12. Draft as given, but the mason cut Υ^v.ΤΗΣ.

Face (1985)

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

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