1.504. i: Elements of a funerary formula; ii: Epitaph of Biktorinos, praefectus vehiculorum
- Description:
- A white marble sarcophagus (H. 0.30 x W. 1.80) from which part of the front and of the lower sides has been carefully removed. It seems likely, but not certain, that this second inscription should be associated with the cutting away of the front, although it is difficult to envisage how the stone was then used - perhaps to support a coffin?
- Text:
- i: lines 1-2 on the lower part of the inscribed Tabella ansata, and in one line on the lower moulding. ii, published here, was cut along the upper edge of the back of the sarcophagus.
- Letters:
- Standard forms, except for cursive omega and sigma.
- Date:
- Late third/early fourth century (titulature).
- Findspot:
- Tetrapylon: in the Byzantine cemetery.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- On site.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1984.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no 152 and plate xxxv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 516.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- i
- 0[·· c. 7 ·· ἀντίγ]
- 1[ρα]φον ἀνετέθη εις
- 2εις τὸ χρεοφυλάκιον ἐπὶ
- 3[στεφα]νηφόρου τὸ γ´ Ὑψικλέους τοῦ Ἀδράστου Νεικοτείμου Ἱέρακος μηνὸς Γορπιήου θ´.
- ii
- 1ἐνθάδε κεῖτε Βικτωρεῖνος ἀπὸ πρωτηκτόρων ἔπαρχος v.
- 2βεκούλων.
- i
- 0[············]
- 1[··]ΦΟΝΑΝΕΤΕΘΗΕΙΣ
- 2ΕΙΣΤΟΧΡΕΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝΕΠΙ
- 3[·····]ΝΗΦΟΡΟΥΤΟΓΥΨΙΚΛΕΟΥΣΤΟΥΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΥΝΕΙΚΟΤΕΙΜΟΥΙΕΡΑΚΟΣΜΗΝΟΣΓΟΡΠΙΗΟΥΘ
- ii
- 1ΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΕΙΤΕΒΙΚΤΩΡΕΙΝΟΣΑΠΟΠΡΩΤΗΚΤΟΡΩΝΕΠΑΡΧΟΣ
- 2ΒΕΚΟΥΛΩΝ
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Translation:
i: [ . . . the copy ] was places in the Property archive when Hypsikles the son of Adrastos Neikotimos Hierax was stephanephoros for the third time, 9th day of the month Gorpieos.
ii: Here lies Biktorinos, former protector, praefectus vehiculorum.
Commentary:
i: a standard funerary text of the second century; for the stephanephoros see Name index.
ii: See discussion at ala2004 IX.12.
Photographs:
- ii: Face (1985)
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