12.630. Funerary inscription for Eutychos
- Description:
- Rough white marble block with chipped upper edge (W. 0.44 × H. 0.41 × D. 0.23); a rough raised edge surrounds the bust of a young man in relief. See further Smith, loc. cit.
- Text:
- Inscribed below bust.
- Letters:
- Cursive, irregular; l. 1, 0.015; ll. 2-4, ave. 0.01.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (sculpture)
- Findspot:
- Walls, South (east part): excavation, mid area
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1978)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1976 (76.182)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, Relief 4
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 Εὔ- bust τυ
- 2χος ἔνθαδε κῖμε ἔτων
- 3 ὢν ιη´ Εὐνόεες θρεπτὸς
- 4 νεώτερος ὢν ἔθανεν
- 1ΕΥ bust ΤΥ
- 2ΧΟΣΕΝΘΑΔΕΚΙΜΕΕΤΩΝ
- 3ΩΝΙΗΕΥΝΟΕΕΣΘΡΕΠΤΟΣ
- 4ΝΕΩΤΕΡΟΣΩΝΕΘΑΝΕΝ
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Εὔ
<g
type="bust"
/>
τυ
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
χος
ἔνθαδε
<orig
>
κῖμε
</orig>
ἔτων
<lb
n="3"
/>
ὢν
<num
value="18"
>
ιη
</num>
Εὐνόε
<choice>
<sic
>
ε
</sic>
<corr>
</choice>
ς
</corr>
θρεπτὸς
<lb
n="4"
/>
νεώτερος
ὢν
ἔθανεν
</ab>
Apparatus
l. 3, ΕΥΝΟΕΕ
Translation:
I Eutychos lie here, being 18 years old; foster child of Eunoe, he died a young man (Reynolds)
or
Eutychos lies here, [who died] at the age of 18. Eunoes (?), (his) alumnus, died even younger. (Smith)
- Commentary:
- No commentary yet (2007).
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
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