Description:
Fragments from a white marble sarcophagus front, with a simple moulding above. Fragment a (lines 2-11) complete to right and below (W. 0.75 × H. 0.55 × D. 0.14); b fragment from upper edge (lines 1-3) with moulding; c fragment (left end of ll. 5 ff.) with lower edge surviving; d. fragment, without edges, lines 3-7.
Text:
Inscribed on the moulding (l.1) and across the face.
Letters:
0.025. Ligatures: l.6, HN; l.11 NH
Date:
second to early third century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
City, Village: re-used in a village house, 'in a stairway' (MAMA)
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1978)
History of discovery:
a and b were still part of one stone when copied by Sterrett; a recorded by the MAMA expedition; c and d recorded by Kubitschek (KIII, 40, Abklatsch 106); ; a, b, c and d by the NYU
Bibliography:
Published by Sterrett, Epigraphic Journey no. 9; by Cormack from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 547, whence Hellenica 13, 198-204 (ll. 9-10), BE 1966.405, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 535 .
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publications. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
1 [·· c. 35 ··]ια τοῦ Παπίου εἰς ἣν σορὸν κεκήδευται Θεόδοτος
2 [·· c. 35 ··]ς αὐτὸς κ αὶ Ἀμμία Ἀριστείδου τοῦ Ζήνωνος
3[·· c. 22 ·· οὐδεὶς δὲ ἕξει ἐξ]ουσίαν ἀνοῖ ξαι τὴν σορὸν stop μετὰ τὸ ἐντα[φ]ῆναι
4[·· c. 26 ··οὐδὲ παραχ]ώρησιν [ἢ συ] νχώρησιν ἢ οἰκονομίαν τινὰ περὶ τῆς
5[·· c. 33 ·· γ]εγραμ[μενω]ν τι ποιήσας ′δήποτε τρόπῳ ἔσ-
6[ται ἀσεβὴς καὶ ἐπάρατος καὶ τυμβωρύχος καὶ ἀποτε]ίσει π̣[ρὸς τ]ειμὰ ς τῶν Σεβαστῶν ἀργυρίου (δηνάρια) ͵Ϛ v.
7[·· c. 32 ·· ἐν δ]ὲ τῇ [εἰσω]στῃ τῇ ὑπὸ τὴν σορὸν κηδευθήσεται Διο-
8[·· c. 11 ··] ΣΑΙ[·· c. 4 ··]Σ stop Αἰλιαν ὸς ὁ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου υἱός ἕτερος
9[δὲ οὐδεὶς ·· c. 9 ·· ·· c. 30 ·· ἀπελ]ευθεροι μ̣ου καὶ οἱ ἐξ αὐτῶν γενόμενοι περὶ
10[·· c. 30 ··]Ι̣ οἰκονομ[ία]ν ποι<ῆ>σαι οὐδενὶ τρόπῳ ἐπεξαλ-
11[λοτρίωσι ἐπὶ ὁ ποιήσας ἐσται ὑπ]ευθυνος το ῖς ἐπάνω γεγραμμένοις προστεί-
12[μοις ταύτης τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς τὸ ἀντίγραφον ἀπετέθη εἰς] τὸ χρεοφυλ[ά]κιον ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου stop stop Τιβ stop ερίου stop
13[·· c. 40 ··]ΡΙ stop ΑΝΟΥ vac.
1[···································]ΙΑΤΟΥΠΑΠΙΟΥ[···][··][·····][··········][········]
2[···································]ΣΑΥΤΟΣΚ[··]ΑΜΜΙΑΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔΟΥΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ
3[····································]ΟΥΣΙΑΝΑΝ[··]ΞΑΙΤΗΝΣΟΡΟΝ stop ΜΕΤΑΤΟΕΝΤΑ[·]ΗΝΑΙ
4[···································]ΩΡΗΣΙΝ[···][··]ΩΡΗΣΙΝΗΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑΝΤΙΝΑΠΕΡΙΤΗΣ
5[··································]ΕΓΡΑΜ[····][·[··]ΠΟΙΗΣΑΣ′ΔΗΠΟΤΕΤΡΟΠΩΕΣ
6[·········································]ΙΣΕΙ·[····]ΕΙ[··]ΣΤΩΝΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΝΑΡΓΥΡΙΟΥ denarius Ϛ 
7[···································]ΕΤΗ[····]ΣΤΗ[··]ΥΠΟΤΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΚΗΔΕΥΘΗΣΕΤΑΙΔΙΟ
8[···········]ΣΑΙ[····]Σ stop ΑΙΛΙΑ[·]ΟΣΟΤΟΥΑΔΕΛΦΟΥΜΟΥΥΙΟΣΕΤΕΡΟΣ
9[········ ···········································]ΕΥΘΕΡΟΙ·ΟΥΚΑΙΟΙΕΞΑΥΤΩΝΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΟΙΠΕΡΙ
10[······························]·ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜ[··]ΝΠΟΙΣΑΙΟΥΔΕΝΙΤΡΟΠΩΕΠΕΞΑΛ
11[··························]ΕΥΘΥΝΟΣ[··]ΙΣΕΠΑΝΩΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΙΣΠΡΟΣΤΕΙ
12[············································]ΤΟΧΡΕΟΦΥΛ[·]ΚΙΟΝΕΠΙΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥ stop stop ΤΙΒ stop ΕΡΙΟΥ stop
13[········································]ΡΙ stop ΑΝΟΥ   
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="35" unit="character" />
ια
τοῦ
Παπίου
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
εἰς
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
ἣν
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
σορὸν
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="10" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
κεκήδευται
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="8" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
Θεόδοτος
</rdg>
</app>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="35" unit="character" precision="circa" />
ς
αὐτὸς
κ
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
αὶ
</rdg>
</app>
μμ
ία
Ἀριστείδου
τοῦ
Ζ
ήν
ωνος
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="22" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
οὐδεὶς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δὲ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἕξει
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐξ
</supplied>
ουσίαν
ἀν
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
οῖ
</rdg>
</app>
ξαι
τ
ὴν
σορὸν
<g type="stop" />
μετὰ
τὸ
ἐντα
<supplied reason="lost" >
φ
</supplied>
ῆν
αι
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="26" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
οὐδὲ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
παραχ
</supplied>
ώρησιν
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
συ
</supplied>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
νχ
</rdg>
</app>
ώρησιν
οἰκονομίαν
τινὰ
περὶ
τῆς
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="33" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
γ
</supplied>
εγραμ
<supplied reason="lost" >
μενω
</supplied>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
ν
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
τι
</rdg>
</app>
ποιήσας
′δήποτε
τρόπῳ
ἔσ
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ται
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀσεβὴς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐπάρατος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τυμβωρύχος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀποτε
</supplied>
ίσει
<unclear reason="damage" >
π
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρὸς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
ει
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
μὰ
</rdg>
</app>
ς
τῶν
Σεβαστῶν
ἀργυρίου
<expan>
<abbr>
<orig >
<g type="denarius" />
</orig>
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
δηνάρια
</supplied>
</expan>
<num value="6000" >
Ϛ
</num>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="32" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δ
</supplied>
τῇ
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰσω
</supplied>
στῃ
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
τῇ
</rdg>
</app>
ὑπὸ
τ
ὴν
σορὸν
κηδευθήσεται
Διο
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="11" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
σαι
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
σ
</orig>
<g type="stop" />
Αἰλια
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
ν
</rdg>
</app>
ὸς
τοῦ
ἀδελφοῦ
μου
υἱός
ἕτερος
<lb n="9" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
δὲ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
οὐδεὶς
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="9" unit="character" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="30" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀπελ
</supplied>
ευθεροι
<unclear reason="damage" >
μ
</unclear>
ου
καὶ
οἱ
ἐξ
αὐτῶν
γενόμενοι
περὶ
<lb n="10" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="30" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
οἰκονομ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ία
</supplied>
ν
ποι
<supplied reason="omitted" >
</supplied>
σαι
οὐδενὶ
τρόπῳ
ἐπεξαλ
<lb n="11" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
λοτρίωσι
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐπὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ποιήσας
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐσται
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὑπ
</supplied>
ευθυνος
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
το
</rdg>
</app>
ῖς
ἐπάνω
γεγραμμένοις
προστεί
<lb n="12" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
μοις
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ταύτης
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῆς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐπιγραφῆς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀντίγραφον
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀπετέθη
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰς
</supplied>
τὸ
χρεοφυλ
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
κιον
ἐπὶ
στεφανηφόρου
<g type="stop" />
<g type="stop" />
Τιβ
<g type="stop" />
ερίου
<g type="stop" />
<lb n="13" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="40" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ρι
</orig>
<g type="stop" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ανου
</orig>
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Apparatus

The letters highlighted were read only by Sterrett.

Translation:
No translation yet (2007).
Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).

Photographs:

Fragment a (1977)
 Fragment a (1977)
Fragment b (1978)
 Fragment b (1978)
Fragment c (1978)
 Fragment c (1978)
Fragment d (1978)
 Fragment d (1978)

Representations:

c and d: Kubitschek notebook III, 40
 c and d: Kubitschek notebook III, 40

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