4.312. Epitaph of Nikolaos
- Description:
- A large white marble plaque (H. 0.90 × W. 1.10 × D. 0.16) broken either end; the right end has been further broken since 1893.
- Text:
- Inscribed across the centre of the face.
- Letters:
- 0.03-0.07; abbreviations: last letter above line, and apostrophe.
- Date:
- Tenth century or later (lettering).
- Findspot:
- , 'W(estlich) von der Säulenruine' (Kubitschek); South Agora, Agora Gate, during clearing (NYU).
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1980)
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Kubitschek (K.III.22, Abklatsch viii); recorded by the NYU expedition in 1980.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Cormack, in ABSA 59 (1964), 11, from Kubitschek, whence L. Robert, AC. 1966, 281 n. 3; by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 173 and plate xxix; not in PHI.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché); publications. This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[ἐν]ταῦθ(α) κεῖτ(αι) τὸ λείμψανον stop Νικολά(ου)
- 1[··]ΤΑΥΘΚΕΙΤΤΟΛΕΙΜΨΑΝΟΝ stop ΝΙΚΟΛ[·]
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reason="lost"
>
ἐν
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ταῦθ
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<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
α
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
κεῖτ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
αι
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τὸ
λείμψανον
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type="stop"
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</ab>
<abbr>
Νικολ
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type="previouslyread"
>
</abbr>
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resp="previous"
>
ά
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<rdg
resp="autopsy"
>
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reason="lost"
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unit="character"
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</expan>
ου
</supplied>
Apparatus
The last letter was read by Kubitschek, but is not now visible. As it was written above the line, and with an apostrophe, it is presumably an abbreviation of Νικολά(ου) rather than Νικόλα read by Cormack.
Translation:
Here lie the remains of Nikolaos.
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 IX.44.
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
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Representations:
- Transcription by Kubitschek (1893), notebook 3, p. 22
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