Description:
White marble sarcophagus ( W. 2.09 × H. 0.84 × D. 0.84) with columnar arcade design. A full length male portrait in the centre, within an arch, is is flanked by two figures on either side. Those on the extreme right and the second from left hold masks; the second from the right holds a lyre; that on the extrme right apparently also holds palms. The columns between the figures uphold a cornice.
Text:
Inscribed on the cornice (l. 1) and on the lower moulding (l. 2). The text must have begun on the lid.
Letters:
0.012-0.015
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
City, Village: 'In a house yard' (MAMA)
Original Location:
Necropolis
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded K&R (RI.24); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 584, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 550 .
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publication. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
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1 ψηφίσματος οὔτε δι' ἄκτου βουλῆς ἐπεὶ ὁ παρὰ ταῦτά τι ποιήσας ἔστω ἀσεβὴς καὶ τυμβωρύχος καὶ ἀποτεισάτω
2[·· ? ·· ?δηνάρια ὧν τὸ τρίτον ἔσται τοῦ ἐ]κδικήσαντος τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς ἀντίγραφο[ν ἀπετέθη εἰς τὸ χρε]οφυλάκιον ἐπὶ [στεφανηφόρου ·· ? ··]
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1ΨΗΦΙΣΜΑΤΟΣΟΥΤΕΔΙ'ΑΚΤΟΥΒΟΥΛΗΣΕΠΕΙΟΠΑΡΑΤΑΥΤΑΤΙΠΟΙΗΣΑΣΕΣΤΩΑΣΕΒΗΣΚΑΙΤΥΜΒΩΡΥΧΟΣΚΑΙΑΠΟΤΕΙΣΑΤΩ
2[ - - - ··························]ΚΔΙΚΗΣΑΝΤΟΣΤΗΣΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΗΣΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ[················]ΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝΕΠΙ[············ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
ψηφίσματος
οὔτε
δι'
ἄκτου
βουλῆς
ἐπεὶ
παρὰ
ταῦτά
τι
ποιήσας
ἔστω
ἀσεβὴς
καὶ
τυμβωρύχος
καὶ
ἀποτεισάτω
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
δηνάρια
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὧν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τρίτον
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἔσται
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοῦ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
κδικήσαντος
τῆς
ἐπιγραφῆς
ἀντίγραφο
<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀπετέθη
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
χρε
</supplied>
οφυλάκιον
ἐπὶ
<supplied reason="lost" >
στεφανηφόρου
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
Translation:
No translation yet (2007).
Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).

Photographs:

View (1968)
 View (1968)

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