7.15. Funerary for Marcus Aurelius Antiochus son of Eis[?agoras]
- Description:
- Fragment from the front of a white marble garland sarcophagus W. 0.75 × H. 0.42 × D. 0.13; for decription see Isik 170
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face within a tabella (die, W. 0.26 × H. 0.22), impinging on the right-hand moulding; the surface is badly worn.
- Letters:
- 0.015; moderate quality, poorly aligned, but wear has obscured detail.
- Date:
- Perhaps first half of the third century (lettering, nomenclature).
- Findspot:
- Martyrion: SW Complex 5, N. Apse
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62.358)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Isik and Reynolds, no. 170
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἡ σορός ἐστιν
- 2Μάρκο̣υ̣ Α̣ὐ̣ρηλι-
- 3ου Ἀντιόχου τοῦ
- 4Ε̣Ι̣Σ̣Α̣[·· c. 8 ··]
- 5Ω [·] Λ̣ [·· c. 9 ··]
- 5a[·· ? ··
- 1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΕΣΤΙΝ
- 2ΜΑΡΚ····ΡΗΛΙ
- 3ΟΥΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥΤΟΥ
- 4····[········]
- 5Ω[·]·[·········]
- 5a[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
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n="1"
/>
ἡ
σορός
ἐστιν
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n="2"
/>
Μάρκ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ου
</unclear>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Αὐ
</unclear>
ρηλι
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
ου
Ἀντιόχου
τοῦ
<lb
n="4"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
εισα
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="8"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ω
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
λ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="9"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
The sarcophagus belongs to Marcus Aurelius Antiochus the son of Eis[- ... ((perhaps Eisagoras))
Commentary:
Probably one of the shorter type texts; but the owner, although apparently possessing only the sarcophagus, gave his Roman name in full and cited at least his father's name in the Greek manner, suggesting a date not too long after the Edict of Caracalla in A.D. 212.
- Photographs:
- none.
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