12.918. Funerary inscription for anonymous
- Description:
- Four adjoining fragments of a white marble block (together W. 1.34 x H. 0.395 x D. 0.36).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.03. Ligatures NH, ll. 1, 4; MH, l. 5; HN, l. 8
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Walls, West, central stretch, near 8.31 and 8.27
- Original Location:
- Unknown: Necropolis
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Copied by Loew; recorded by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition, together with three further fragments (75.138, 75.139, 75.140).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Franz, from Loew, Ann. d. Inst. 19, 1847, 115, no. b.11, whence Waddington, LBW 1642; by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 573, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 549
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publications. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ·· καὶ ἡ] ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ σ[ορὸς] ἐ̣ν ἧ̣ κεκήδευται vac.
- 2 [·· ? ··] και [οὓς ἄν αὐτὴ β]ουλήθῇ ὥστε μη̣[δέ]να σχεῖν ἐξουσίαν
- 3 [·· ? ·· κ]λ̣ηρόνομον αὐτ̣ῆς ἢ ἐκεινῶν κληρονό-
- 4[μων ·· ? ··]Ε̣ vac. τοῦ βώμοῦ ἢ τῶν εἰσώστων ἢ τῆς
- 5 [σοροῦ ·· ? ··] μηδένα τρόπον ἐπεὶ ὁ ἐπιχειρήσας διε- v.
- 6[·· ? ·· ἀσεβὴς καὶ τυμβωρύχος κ]α̣ὶ ἐπάρατος καὶ προσαποτεισάτω θεᾷ v.
- 7 [Ἀφροδίτῃ ·· ? ··] καὶ [δι]σ̣χ̣ε̣ι̣λ̣ι̣α̣ ἐστιν δ̣ὲ καὶ μέρος τῇς τοῦ Πάπ-
- 8[ίου σοροῦ ·· ? ·· τε]θῆναι βούλομα[ι ἐν τῇ σορῷ με]τ̣ὰ τοῦ υἱ-
- 9[οῦ μηδεὶς ἐχέ]τω ἐξουσίαν θάψαι σωμάτειον Ε[·· c. 4 ··]
- 10 [·· ? ·· τῇ] Ἀφροδε[ισιέω]ν̣ [ἑξα]κὶς χίλια κα[ὶ τυμβωρύχος ·· ? ··]
- 11 [·· ? ··]ΤΩ vac. τῆς ἐπι̣γραφῆς ἀντίγ̣[ραφον ἀπετέθη]
- 12 [εἰς τὸ ἀρχεῖον ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου ·· ? ··]ωνος [μ]ηνὸς Ξανδικ[οῦ ? vacat ]
- 1[ - - - ····]ΕΠΙΤΟΥΒΩΜΟΥΣ[····]·Ν·ΚΕΚΗΔΕΥΤΑΙ
- 2[ - - - ]ΚΑΙ[··········]ΟΥΛΗΘΗΩΣΤΕΜ·[··]ΝΑΣΧΕΙΝΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝ
- 3[ - - - ·]·ΗΡΟΝΟΜΟΝΑΥ·ΗΣΗΕΚΕΙΝΩΝΚΛΗΡΟΝΟ
- 4[··· - - - ]· ΤΟΥΒΩΜΟΥΗΤΩΝΕΙΣΩΣΤΩΝΗΤΗΣ
- 5[····· - - - ]ΜΗΔΕΝΑΤΡΟΠΟΝΕΠΕΙΟΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΑΣΔΙΕ
- 6[ - - - ····················]·ΙΕΠΑΡΑΤΟΣΚΑΙΠΡΟΣΑΠΟΤΕΙΣΑΤΩΘΕΑ
- 7[········ - - - ]ΚΑΙ[··]·······ΕΣΤΙΝ·ΕΚΑΙΜΕΡΟΣΤΗΣΤΟΥΠΑΠ
- 8[········ - - - ··]ΘΗΝΑΙΒΟΥΛΟΜΑ[···········]·ΑΤΟΥΥΙ
- 9[···········]ΤΩΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝΘΑΨΑΙΣΩΜΑΤΕΙΟΝΕ[····]
- 10[ - - - ··]ΑΦΡΟΔΕ[·····]·[···]ΚΙΣΧΙΛΙΑΚΑ[··········· - - - ]
- 11[ - - - ]ΤΩ ΤΗΣΕΠ·ΓΡΑΦΗΣΑΝΤΙ·[············]
- 12[··························· - - - ]ΩΝΟΣ[·]ΗΝΟΣΞΑΝΔΙΚ[············]
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<supplied
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>
καὶ
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<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἡ
</supplied>
ἐπὶ
τοῦ
βωμοῦ
σ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ορὸς
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ἐ
</unclear>
ν
<unclear
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ἧ
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κεκήδευται
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<lb
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<gap
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και
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οὓς
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<supplied
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>
ἄν
</supplied>
<supplied
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>
αὐτὴ
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<supplied
reason="lost"
>
β
</supplied>
ουλήθῇ
ὥστε
μ
<unclear
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>
η
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
δέ
</supplied>
να
σχεῖν
ἐξουσίαν
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<gap
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<supplied
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κ
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<unclear
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>
λ
</unclear>
ηρόνομον
αὐ
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>
τ
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ῆς
ἢ
ἐκεινῶν
κληρονό
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<supplied
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μων
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extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
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<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ε
</unclear>
<space
extent="4"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
τοῦ
βώμοῦ
ἢ
τῶν
εἰσώστω
ν
ἢ
τῆς
<lb
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<supplied
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>
σοροῦ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
μη
δένα
τρόπον
ἐπεὶ
ὁ
ἐπιχειρήσας
διε
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<lb
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type="worddiv"
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<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἀσεβὴς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τυμβωρύχος
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
κ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
ὶ
ἐπάρατος
καὶ
προσαποτεισάτω
θεᾷ
<space
extent="1"
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dim="horizontal"
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<lb
n="7"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ἀφροδίτῃ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
καὶ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
δι
</supplied>
<unclear
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>
σχειλια
</unclear>
ἐστιν
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
δ
</unclear>
ὲ
καὶ
μέρος
τῇς
τοῦ
Πάπ
<lb
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type="worddiv"
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<supplied
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ίου
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σοροῦ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τε
</supplied>
θ
ῆν
αι
βούλομα
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ι
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐν
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τῇ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σορῷ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
με
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
ὰ
τοῦ
υἱ
<lb
n="9"
type="worddiv"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
οῦ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
μηδεὶς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐχέ
</supplied>
τω
ἐξουσίαν
θάψαι
σωμάτειον
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ε
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="10"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τῇ
</supplied>
Ἀφροδε
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ισιέω
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἑξα
</supplied>
κὶς
χίλια
κα
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὶ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τυμβωρύχος
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="11"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
τω
</orig>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
τῆς
ἐπ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ι
</unclear>
γραφῆς
ἀντί
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
γ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ραφον
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἀπετέθη
</supplied>
<lb
n="12"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
εἰς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἀρχεῖον
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐπὶ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
στεφανηφόρου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
ωνος
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
μ
</supplied>
ηνὸς
Ξανδικ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
οῦ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
<space
extent="10"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</supplied>
Apparatus
Some letters read by Loew but not by MAMA are now readable again.
- Translation:
- No translation yet (2007).
- Commentary:
- No commentary yet (2007).
Photographs:
- Upper and lower left fragments (1975)
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- Upper right fragment (1975)
-
- Lower fragments (1973)
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- Lower left fragment (1977)
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