2.308. Funerary for Publius Aelius Klaudius Smaragdos Julianos and his father

Description:
Four joining fragments from a large marble block: a. without edges (W. 0.57 × H. 0.85 × D. 0.23); b. right edge fragment, with lower edge surviving (W. 0.32 × H. 1.10 × D. 0.67); c. small triangular fragment, (circa W. 0.145 × H. 0.18); d. left edge fragment (W. 0.20 × H. 0.45 × D. 0.14).
Text:
Inscribed on one face.
Letters:
0.035; Β with closed lower bowl; diaeretic dots around Ι of ἱερώτατον, l. 11.
Date:
second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, prosopography).
Findspot:
a. Bouleuterion/Odeon, North Area, North West, Str. 1, in 1967; b. stray find in City, Village; c. Unknown; d. Bouleuterion/Odeon, West Area: W. Bou, rear of Ch. 4, Str. 3
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
a+b, ?opposite Museum (1983); d. Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition, a. in 1967 (67.554), b in 1983, d. in 1964 (64.359; SBI 17).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1 [·· c. 10 ·· τὴν] ἐ̣π̣ι̣κε[ι]μ̣ένη̣[ν]
2 [?σορὸν ο]ὔτε διὰ παραχωρήσεως
3ο[ὔτ]ε̣ διὰ συνχωρήσεως οὔτε ἄλ-
4λῳ [τι]νι τρόπῳ μόνοι δὲ ἐνκηδε[υ]-
5θήσονται ἐν τῇ σορῷ Πόπ̣λιος Αἴλι-
6ος Κλαύδιος Σμάραγδος [Ἰ]ουλιανὸς̣
7 καὶ Πόπλιος Αἴλιος Ἄττ[αλ]ος ὁ πα- v.
8τὴρ αὐτοῦ stop ἐὰν δέ τι[ς το]λμήσε[ι]
9[ἐ]ν̣κη̣δεύσαι τινα ἕτε[ρο]ν ἔσται
10[ἀσε]βὴς καὶ ἐπάρατος καὶ̣ [ἀπ]οτει-
11[σει π]ροστείμου εἰς τὸ ἱε[ρ]ώτ v. ατον
12[ταμεῖ]ον ἀργυρίου (δηνάρια) μύρι̣[α] vac.
13[?καὶ χί]λ̣ια πεντακόσι̣α̣ ὡρισ-
14[?μένα ὑπὸ τ]οῦ Σμαράγδου καὶ ΕΚ
14a[·· c. 18 ··] vac.
14b       vacat
0·· ? ··]
1[·············]···ΚΕ[·]·ΕΝ·[·]
2[······]ΥΤΕΔΙΑΠΑΡΑΧΩΡΗΣΕΩΣ
3Ο[··]·ΔΙΑΣΥΝΧΩΡΗΣΕΩΣΟΥΤΕΑΛ
4ΛΩ[··]ΝΙΤΡΟΠΩΜΟΝΟΙΔΕΕΝΚΗΔΕ[·]
5ΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙΕΝΤΗΣΟΡΩΠΟ·ΛΙΟΣΑΙΛΙ
6ΟΣΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣΣΜΑΡΑΓΔΟΣ[·]ΟΥΛΙΑΝΟ·
7ΚΑΙΠΟΠΛΙΟΣΑΙΛΙΟΣΑΤΤ[··]ΟΣΟΠΑ 
8ΤΗΡΑΥΤΟΥ stop ΕΑΝΔΕΤΙ[···]ΛΜΗΣΕ[·]
9[·]·Κ·ΔΕΥΣΑΙΤΙΝΑΕΤΕ[ΡΟ]ΝΕΣΤΑΙ
10[···]ΒΗΣΚΑΙΕΠΑΡΑΤΟΣΚΑ·[··]ΟΤΕΙ
11[····]ΡΟΣΤΕΙΜΟΥΕΙΣΤΟΙΕ[·]ΩΤ ΑΤΟΝ
12[·····]ΟΝΑΡΓΥΡΙΟΥ denarius ΜΥΡ·[·]    
13[·····]·ΙΑΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣ··ΩΡΙΣ
14[········]ΟΥΣΜΑΡΑΓΔΟΥΚΑΙΕΚ
14a[··················]     
14b       vacat
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τὴν
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ἐπι
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κε
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ι
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μ
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έν
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σορὸν
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λῳ
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τι
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νι
τρόπῳ
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θήσονται
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λιος
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ουλιανὸ
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ἀσε
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βὴς
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ἀπ
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οτει
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<supplied reason="lost" >
σει
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<supplied reason="lost" >
π
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ροστείμου
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ἱε
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ρ
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ώτ
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ατον
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ταμεῖ
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ον
ἀργυρίου
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<abbr>
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δηνάρια
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μύρ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
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α
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<lb n="13" />
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καὶ
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χί
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<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
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ια
πεντακόσ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ια
</unclear>
ὡρισ
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<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
μένα
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ὑπὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
οῦ
Σμαράγδου
καὶ
<orig n="unresolved" >
εκ
</orig>
<lb n="14a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="18" unit="character" dim="left" />
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Apparatus

l. 1, this line must describe the objects which are not to be disposed of, i.e. the tomb and all its appertinances including probably τὴν ἐπικε[ι]μένη[ν ?σορὸν]. Final letters, only the uprights visible.

l. 6, the final Σ is uncertainly read.

Translation:

[...] no-one is to dispose of the tomb and its burial places and the sarcophagus lying (on it), either by surrendering it or by legal conveyance or in any other way; but in the sarcophagus there shall be placed only Publius Aelius Claudius Smaragdos Julianos and Publius Aelius Attalos his father, and if anyone should dare to bury anyone else in it, he will be (treated as) sacrilegious and accursed and will pay a penalty to the most sacred treasury of 15,000 silver denarii, as laid down by Smaragdos and [...]

Commentary:

...

Photographs:

Fragments a+c (1973)
 Fragments a+c (1973)
Fragment a (1978)
 Fragment a (1978)
Fragment b (1983)
 Fragment b (1983)
Fragment d (1977)
 Fragment d (1977)

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