12.1017. Funerary inscription for Heraklides, Alexandros, and Apollonios, sons of Zenon

Description:
Rectangular white marble block (W. 0.41 × H. 0.33 × D. 0.31), perhaps part of a ?sarcophagus front.
Text:
Inscribed on one face within a recessed panel, intruding onto the moulding; ll. 2-12 impinge on the right side moulding; initial letters of ll. 6 and 12 on the left side moulding; l. 13 on the lower moulding.
Letters:
0.027
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering), but before the edict of Caracalla (212).
Findspot:
Walls, West Gate: 'Traveaux neufs: Porte Ouest' (Gaudin); found by the NYU expedition during excavation of the Theatre
Original Location:
Unknown, necropolis
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by Gaudin (118); by the NYU expedition (71.48).
Bibliography:
Published from Gaudin's squeeze by Reinach, REG 19, 1906, 270, no. 165, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 483.
Text constituted from:
Publication; Gaudin's squeeze (notebook 41); Preliminary transcription (Reynolds). This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
1τὸν πλάτην κατεσκεύα-
2σαν v. Ἡρακλίδης Ζήνωνος
3καὶ Ἀλένξαν̣δ̣ρος Ζήνωνος
4καὶ Ἀπολλών̣ι̣ος Ζήνωνος ἐ-
5φ' ᾧ τεθήσονται οἱ κατεσκευά-
6σαντες εἰς τὴν μέσην κλείνην
7καὶ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν v. ἄλλῳ δὲ
8οὐδενὶ ἐξὸν τ̣εθῆναι εἰς τὴν
9μέσην κλείνην v. εἰς τὰς πα-
10ρ' ἑκάτερον κλείνας τεθήσον-
11ται τέκνα καὶ ἔγγον<α> καὶ γένη̣
12ἔ̣ξεσται δὲ ἑκάστῳ φίλους θῖναι
13 vv. δύω v. χαίρεται v. ζ[?ῶσι]ν̣
1ΤΟΝΠΛΑΤΗΝΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΥΑ
2ΣΑΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΙΔΗΣΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ
3ΚΑΙΑΛΕΝΞΑ··ΡΟΣΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ
4ΚΑΙΑΠΟΛΛΩ··ΟΣΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΕ
5Φ'ΩΤΕΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙΟΙΚΑΤΕΣΚΕΥΑ
6ΣΑΝΤΕΣΕΙΣΤΗΝΜΕΣΗΝΚΛΕΙΝΗΝ
7ΚΑΙΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΣΑΥΤΩΝ ΑΛΛΩΔΕ
8ΟΥΔΕΝΙΕΞΟΝ·ΕΘΗΝΑΙΕΙΣΤΗΝ
9ΜΕΣΗΝΚΛΕΙΝΗΝ ΕΙΣΤΑΣΠΑ
10Ρ'ΕΚΑΤΕΡΟΝΚΛΕΙΝΑΣΤΕΘΗΣΟΝ
11ΤΑΙΤΕΚΝΑΚΑΙΕΓΓΟΝΚΑΙΓΕΝ·
12·ΞΕΣΤΑΙΔΕΕΚΑΣΤΩΦΙΛΟΥΣΘΙΝΑΙ
13  ΔΥΩ ΧΑΙΡΕΤΑΙ Ζ[···]·
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τὸν
πλάτην
κατεσκεύα
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σαν
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Ἡρακλίδης
Ζήνωνος
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καὶ
Ἀλένξα
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νδ
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ρος
Ζήνωνος
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καὶ
Ἀπολλώ
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νι
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ος
Ζήνωνος
ἐ
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φ'
ᾧ
τεθήσονται
οἱ
κατεσκευά
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σαντες
εἰς
τὴν
μέσην
κλείνην
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καὶ
γυναῖκες
αὐτῶν
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ἄλλῳ
δὲ
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οὐδενὶ
ἐξὸν
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τ
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εθῆναι
εἰς
τὴν
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μέσην
κλείνην
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εἰς
τὰς
πα
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ρ'
ἑκάτερον
κλείνας
τεθήσον
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ται
τέκνα
καὶ
ἔγγον
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α
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καὶ
γέν
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η
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<unclear reason="damage" >
ἔ
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ξεσται
δὲ
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φίλους
θῖναι
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δύω
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χαίρεται
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ζ
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ῶσι
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 2, Ἀλένξα[νδ]ρος Reinach

l. 3, Ἀπολλώ[νι]ος Reinach

l. 4, ΚΑΙ probably cut over erasure (deep letters)

ll. 5-6, κατεσκευά|σαντες for κατασκευάσαντες

l. 6, ΝΤ a correction, cut over ΣΑ; first Ε added as part of a correction in a markedly early shape

l. 13, traces of final Ν seen by NYU

Translation:

Heraclides son of Zenon, Alexandros son of Zenon, and Apollonios son of Zenon prepared the platform where those who prepared it and their wives will be buried in the middle burial place; no one else may be buried in the middle burial place. In the burial places on either side their children and grandchildren and families shall be buried; each shall be allowed to bury two friends there. Farewell, ?to the living.

Commentary:

No commentary

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

Representations:

Gaudin squeeze 118
 Gaudin squeeze 118

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