11.512. Funerary inscription for M. Aurelius Steph[anos]
- Description:
- A white marble bench-like feature, still partly buried, with flange above W. 0.46 × H. 0.445 × D. 1.32.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the exposed short end (which tapers fromW. 0.46 to W. 0.29). In its original position, as part of a tomb, it adjoined a stone to the right (at the back of the bench) on which the text continued; that stone was apparently wider below than above.
- Letters:
- Standard forms, ave. 0.018-0.02; dash above I in l.1 and Υ in l.4; stop after ΑΥΡ, l.2; ligatures: ΤΗ l.1, ΗΝ, l.5.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- City, North-west: in a field just east of the west city wall, from which it had probably fallen.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1989)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (DM; Walls 157).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἡ ἰσώστη ἡ ἐν τῷ βαθρ̣[ι]-
- 2κῷ ἐστιν Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Στεφ[άνου] ?
- 3 τοῦ καὶ Παπία παρακ[εχωρημένη διὰ τοῦ]
- 4 χρεοφυλακίου ὑ[πὸ ?Μ Αὐρ ·· c. 4 ··]
- 5 Τολμίδου εἰς ἣν [··· ? κηδεύσον]-
- 6ται οὓς ἄν ὁ Στ[έφανος βούληται]
- 1ΗΙΣΩΣΤΗΗΕΝΤΩΒΑΘ·[·]
- 2ΚΩΕΣΤΙΝΜΑΥΡΣΤΕΦ[····]?
- 3ΤΟΥΚΑΙΠΑΠΙΑΠΑΡΑΚ[········· ·······]
- 4ΧΡΕΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΥΥ[··········]
- 5ΤΟΛΜΙΔΟΥΕΙΣΗΝ[···?········]
- 6ΤΑΙΟΥΣΑΝΟΣΤ[··············]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἡ
ἰσώστη
ἡ
ἐν
τῷ
βαθ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ρ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ι
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
κῷ
ἐστιν
<expan>
<abbr>
Μ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
άρκου
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ηλίου
</supplied>
Στεφ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
άνου
</supplied>
?
<lb
n="3"
/>
τοῦ
καὶ
Παπία
παρακ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
εχωρημένη
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
διὰ
τοῦ
</supplied>
<lb
n="4"
/>
χρεοφυλακίου
ὑ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
πὸ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
Μ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Αὐρ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
Τολμίδου
εἰς
ἣν
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
?
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
κηδεύσον
</supplied>
<lb
n="6"
type="worddiv"
/>
ται
οὓς
ἄν
ὁ
Στ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
έφανος
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
βούληται
</supplied>
Translation:
The burial niche which is in the vault belongs to M(arcus) Aur(elius) Srep[anos] also known as Papias, having been granted [through the] Property-archive [by . . . ] Tolmides in which [may be buried] whomever St[ephanos wishes]
Photographs:
- View (1989)
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- Detail (1989)
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