13.603. Funerary inscription for Marcus Aurelius Attikos
- Description:
- White marble garland sarcophagus (with lid) with 2 eagle medallions; for full description see Isik 127.
- Text:
- Inscribed on a tabella (W. 0.46 × H. 0.58, die W. 0285 × H. 0.40). In the inscribed area the spaces between guide lines for ll. 2-6 are slightly sunk; at the right (and possibly the left) end of the sunk area containing l. 6 the cutter has added a 'handle', as if under the impression that he was supposed to make a tabella ansata here.
- Letters:
- 0.03; square sigma
- Date:
- Probably third century A.D. (lettering, nomenclature)
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, West: near New Geyre, with 13.602 (=S.8) and 13.604 (=11).
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the Aphrodisias Museum in 1989 (Sarcophagus catalogue 10)
- Bibliography:
- Published by A. S. Tulay, 'Kabalar kurtama kasısı 1989', Müze Kurtama Kazıları Semineri I (Ankara 1990), 25-39, 27, whence SEG 1990.947, BullEp 1992.437; by Reynolds and Isik, no. 127.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἡ σορός ἐστιν
- 2καὶ ὁ τόπος Μάρ(κου)
- 3Αὐρ(ηλίου) stop Ἀττικοῦ stop τοῦ
- 4Ἀττικοῦ τοῦ vac.
- 5Ὀφελλίου ?vac.
- 6 [[[··]]] Χριστου handle ( of tabella ansata)
- 7 leaf
- 1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΕΣΤΙΝ
- 2ΚΑΙΟΤΟΠΟΣΜΑΡ
- 3ΑΥΡ stop ΑΤΤΙΚΟΥ stop ΤΟΥ
- 4ΑΤΤΙΚΟΥΤΟΥ
- 5ΟΦΕΛΛΙΟΥ
- 6 [[[··]]]ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ handle ( of tabella ansata)
- 7 leaf
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἡ
σορός
ἐστιν
<lb
n="2"
/>
καὶ
ὁ
τόπος
<expan>
<abbr>
Μάρ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
κου
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ηλίου
</supplied>
<g
type="stop"
/>
Ἀττικοῦ
<g
type="stop"
/>
τοῦ
<lb
n="4"
/>
Ἀττικοῦ
τοῦ
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
Ὀφελλίου
<space
extent="4"
unit="character"
id="space2"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="6"
/>
<del>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
</del>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
<g
type="handle"
/>
</unclear>
Χριστου
<g
type="handle"
/>
<note>
of tabella ansata
</note>
<lb
n="7"
/>
<g
type="leaf"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
The sarcophagus and the place (on which it stands) is (the property) of Marcus Aurelius Attikos, son of Attikos, the son of Ophellios Christos.
Commentary:
For this family see the commentary on 13.602.
Photographs:
- Sarcophagus (1990)
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- Inscription (1990)
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