11.30. Funerary inscription for Marcus Aurelius Kal[ . . .], a veteran
- Description:
- Two fragments, not adjoining, of a white marble sarcophagus, undecorated except for a wide tabella ansata, which is inscribed. a.: fragment from the upper part of the tabella, cut down for re-use, with upper moulding but no other sides suviving (W. 0.275 × H. 0.26 × D. 0.105). b. lower part of the sarcophagus (W. 1.89 × H. 0.40 × D. 0.69). The sarcophagus was re-used in a fountain, so the face is worn.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.025
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- City, Village: b. re-used in a fountain in the centre of the village; a. found in the debris of village buildings in 1977.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- a. Museum (1973); b. findspot (1978).
- History of discovery:
- b. copied by K. G. Anthopoulos, in 1872; by Choisy, in 1875; by Paris and Holleaux; by K&R (no notebook reference); recorded by the MAMA expedition. a. and b. recorded by the NYU expedition (a. catalogued as 77.153).
- Bibliography:
- b published by Anthopoulos, Homeros 2, 1874, 38; by Perrot, from Choisy, RA 32, 1876, 39-40, no. 5; by Paris & Holleaux, BCH 9, 1885, 81-82, no. 12, whence ILS 9477; by Cormack from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 522; a and b published by Speidel & Reynolds, ' A veteran of legio I Parthica from Carian Aphrodisias', EA 5, 1985, 31-35, whence SEG 1985.1084, BE 1988.883, AnnEpig 1985.800, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 453
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds); publications. This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [ἐν τῇ] σορῷ κεκή-
- 2[δευτ]αι Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Καλ-
- 3[·· c. 4 ··]ς οὐετρανὸς
- 4[ἀπὸ λε]γιῶνος πρώ-
- 5[της Π]αρθικῆς Σε-
- 6β̣η̣ρ̣ι̣α̣ν̣ῆ̣ς Ἀ̣ν̣τ̣ω̣ν̣ι̣-
- 7νιανῆς ἥτις λεγι-
- 8ών ἐστιν ἐν Σινγά-
- 9ροις τῆς Μεσοποτα-
- 10μίας πρὸς τῷ Τί-
- 11γρει ποταμῷ vac.
- 11a vac.
- 1[····]ΣΟΡΩΚΕΚΗ
- 2[····]ΑΙΜΑΥΡΚΑΛ
- 3[····]ΣΟΥΕΤΡΑΝΟΣ
- 4[·····]ΓΙΩΝΟΣΠΡΩ
- 5[····]ΑΡΘΙΚΗΣΣΕ
- 6·······Σ······
- 7ΝΙΑΝΗΣΗΤΙΣΛΕΓΙ
- 8ΩΝΕΣΤΙΝΕΝΣΙΝΓΑ
- 9ΡΟΙΣΤΗΣΜΕΣΟΠΟΤΑ
- 10ΜΙΑΣΠΡΟΣΤΩΤΙ
- 11ΓΡΕΙΠΟΤΑΜΩ
- 11a
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ἐν
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τῇ
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σορῷ
κεκή
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δευτ
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αι
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ᾶρκος
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Αὐρ
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ήλιος
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Καλ
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λε
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της
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βηριανῆ
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Translation:
In this sarcophagus is buried Marcus Aurelius Kal[ .... ]s, veteran of the First Parthian legion Severiana Antoniniana, which legion is at Singara in Mesopotamia by the river Tigris.
Commentary:
See Speidel and Reynolds, op. cit.
Photographs:
- Part a. (1973)
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- Part b. (1978)
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