2.312. Funerary inscription for Zotikos
- Description:
- White marble sarcophagus lid re-used as a trough (W. 1.965 x H. 0.29 x D. 0.81).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the edge of the sarcophagus lid (W. 1.965 x H. 0.08), which is rubbed in places and pierced by several holes; some of the damage was done before the inscription was cut. The text must have continued on the box of the sarcophagus.
- Letters:
- 0.02; ligatured MM, l. 2.
- Date:
- Probably third century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- : In the excavation of the Bouleuterion/Odeon, North Area
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- In the area behind the Bouleterion/Odeon (1978)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Odeon 8)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 τὴν σ[ο]ρὸν καὶ τὰς [εν αὐτῇ̣] εἰσῶστας κατε[σ]κεύασεν Τίτος [·· ? ··] Αἴλιος Ζωτ[ικ]ὸς̣ arabesque
- 2 εἰς ἣν σορὸν τεθά[ vacat ]πται Φίλητος καὶ Ἀμμία τέκνα τοῦ [?Αἰλίου] Ζωτικοῦ οὐδεὶς δὲ
- 2a[ἕτερος (κτλ.)]
- 1ΤΗΝΣ[·]ΡΟΝΚΑΙΤΑΣ[·······]ΕΙΣΩΣΤΑΣΚΑΤΕ[·]ΚΕΥΑΣΕΝΤΙΤΟΣ[ - - - ]ΑΙΛΙΟΣΖΩΤ[··]Ο· arabesque
- 2ΕΙΣΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΤΕΘΑ[········]ΠΤΑΙΦΙΛΗΤΟΣΚΑΙΑΜΜΙΑΤΕΚΝΑΤΟΥ[······]ΖΩΤΙΚΟΥΟΥΔΕΙΣΔΕ
- 2a[···········]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
τὴν
σ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ο
</supplied>
ρὸν
καὶ
τὰς
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
εν αὐτ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</supplied>
ῇ
</unclear>
εἰσῶστας
κατε
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σ
</supplied>
κεύασεν
Τίτος
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
Αἴλιος
Ζωτ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ικ
</supplied>
ὸ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ς
</unclear>
<g
type="arabesque"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
εἰς
ἣν
σορὸν
τεθά
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<space
extent="8"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
precision="circa"
/>
</supplied>
πται
<unclear
reason="undefined"
>
Φ
</unclear>
ίλητος
καὶ
Ἀ
μμ
ία
τέκνα
τοῦ
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
Αἰλίου
</supplied>
Ζωτικοῦ
οὐδεὶς
δὲ
<lb
n="2a"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἕτερος
<note>
</supplied>
κτλ.
</note>
Translation:
Titus [·· ? ··] Ailius Zotikos prepared the tomb and the subsidiary niches. In the tomb his children Philetos and Ammia have been buried but no-one else [shall be placed therein ·· ? ··]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
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- Face (1978)
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