Description:
White marble sarcophagus (W. 2.66 × H. 1.19 × D. 1.36: interior W. 2.15 × H. 0.87 × D. 1.00). The front face has an elaborately carved garland running along the upper edge and part-way down the two sides, and a simple moulding below. On the face busts, a bearded male (to the left) and a veiled female (to the right), are carved in relief profile, facing one another, each on a rectangular pedestal, with moulding above and below. See further Smith (below)
Text:
The texts are inscribed on the face to the left of the male bust (i); between the two (ii) and to the right of the female bust (iii).
Letters:
i: 0.03; ii: 0.0225-0.025; iii: 0.02-0.025.
Date:
Late second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, sculpture).
Findspot:
Necropolis, North-east: 'in a large heroon east of the village' (MAMA); found with 13.104 (=MAMA 571).
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Copied by K&R (K.III.19, Abklatsch 107); recorded by Gaudin (160); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition
Bibliography:
Published by Kubitschek & Reichel, AAWW 1893, 102, no. 8, whence Buresch, RhMus 1894, p.431; by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, REG 19, 1906, 137-139, no. 70, a-c; by Cormack from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 499, a-c whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 523, 446, 534; sarcophagus published by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, Sarcophagus 10
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); Gaudin's squeeze; publications. This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
i
1 ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμη-
2σαν καὶ μετηλλακχότα ταῖς
3 καλλίσταις καὶ πρεπούσαις
4 τειμαῖς Περείταν Διογένους
5 τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου Καλλιμήδην
6 ἄνδρα ἐνάρετον ζήσαντα
7 ἐνδόξως καὶ ἐπιφανῶς καὶ
8 κοσμίως γενόμενον ἔν τε
9 λειτουργίαις καὶ ἀρχαῖς καὶ
10 πρεσβείαις νεωποιήσαντά
11 τε μεγαλοπρεπῶς καὶ κοσμί-
12ως καὶ ἐπιφανῶς καὶ πάντα
13 ποιήσαντα ἀναλογούντως
14 τῷ τοῦ γένους αὐτοῦ ἀξιώματι
15 ἐφ' οἷς ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐπεβό-
16 scroll ησαν τειμηθῆναι αὐτὸν καὶ
17 scroll μετηλλακχότα leaf
ii
1Μᾶρ(κον) Αὐρήλιον
2Διόδωρον Καλ-
3λιμήδην ἄνδρα
4 ἐνάρετον ζή-
5σαντα ἐνδόξως
6 καὶ ἐπιφανῶς
7 καὶ κοσμίως γε-
8νόμενον ἐν λει-
9τουργίαις καὶ ἀρ-
10χαῖς καὶ πρεσβεί-
11αις καὶ πάντα ποι-
12ήσαντα ἀναλο-
13γούντως τῷ τοῦ
14 γένους αὐτοῦ ἀξι-
15ώματι τὸν ὄντως
16 v. φιλόσοφον v.
iii
1ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος
2 vac. ἐτείμησεν vac.
3Τατίαν Διογένους τοῦ
4Διογένους τοῦ Δημητρί-
5ου Φιλήμονος σώφρονα
6καὶ φίλανδρον καὶ φιλότε-
7κνον καὶ πάσῃ διὰ παν-
8τὸς τοῦ βίου κοσμηθεῖ-
9σαν σεμνότητι καὶ ἀρετῇ
10γυναῖκα δὲ γενομένην
11Περείτου τοῦ Διογένους
12 τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου Καλλιμή-
13δους ἀνδρὸς ἔν τε ἀρχαῖς
14καὶ πρεσβείαις καὶ λειτουργί-
15αις γεγονότος καὶ νεοποιή-
16σαντος εὐσεβῶς καὶ φιλο-
17 scroll τείμως leaf
i
1ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΤΕΙΜΗ
2ΣΑΝΚΑΙΜΕΤΗΛΛΑΚΧΟΤΑΤΑΙΣ
3ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΑΙΣΚΑΙΠΡΕΠΟΥΣΑΙΣ
4ΤΕΙΜΑΙΣΠΕΡΕΙΤΑΝΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ
5ΤΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥΚΑΛΛΙΜΗΔΗΝ
6ΑΝΔΡΑΕΝΑΡΕΤΟΝΖΗΣΑΝΤΑ
7ΕΝΔΟΞΩΣΚΑΙΕΠΙΦΑΝΩΣΚΑΙ
8ΚΟΣΜΙΩΣΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΟΝΕΝΤΕ
9ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΙΣΚΑΙΑΡΧΑΙΣΚΑΙ
10ΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΙΣΝΕΩΠΟΙΗΣΑΝΤΑ
11ΤΕΜΕΓΑΛΟΠΡΕΠΩΣΚΑΙΚΟΣΜΙ
12ΩΣΚΑΙΕΠΙΦΑΝΩΣΚΑΙΠΑΝΤΑ
13ΠΟΙΗΣΑΝΤΑΑΝΑΛΟΓΟΥΝΤΩΣ
14ΤΩΤΟΥΓΕΝΟΥΣΑΥΤΟΥΑΞΙΩΜΑΤΙ
15ΕΦ'ΟΙΣΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΠΕΒΟ
16 scroll ΗΣΑΝΤΕΙΜΗΘΗΝΑΙΑΥΤΟΝΚΑΙ
17 scroll ΜΕΤΗΛΛΑΚΧΟΤΑ leaf
ii
1ΜΑΡΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΝ
2ΔΙΟΔΩΡΟΝΚΑΛ
3ΛΙΜΗΔΗΝΑΝΔΡΑ
4ΕΝΑΡΕΤΟΝΖΗ
5ΣΑΝΤΑΕΝΔΟΞΩΣ
6ΚΑΙΕΠΙΦΑΝΩΣ
7ΚΑΙΚΟΣΜΙΩΣΓΕ
8ΝΟΜΕΝΟΝΕΝΛΕΙ
9ΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΙΣΚΑΙΑΡ
10ΧΑΙΣΚΑΙΠΡΕΣΒΕΙ
11ΑΙΣΚΑΙΠΑΝΤΑΠΟΙ
12ΗΣΑΝΤΑΑΝΑΛΟ
13ΓΟΥΝΤΩΣΤΩΤΟΥ
14ΓΕΝΟΥΣΑΥΤΟΥΑΞΙ
15ΩΜΑΤΙΤΟΝΟΝΤΩΣ
16 ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΝ 
iii
1ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣ
2    ΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΕΝ    
3ΤΑΤΙΑΝΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣΤΟΥ
4ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣΤΟΥΔΗΜΗΤΡΙ
5ΟΥΦΙΛΗΜΟΝΟΣΣΩΦΡΟΝΑ
6ΚΑΙΦΙΛΑΝΔΡΟΝΚΑΙΦΙΛΟΤΕ
7ΚΝΟΝΚΑΙΠΑΣΗΔΙΑΠΑΝ
8ΤΟΣΤΟΥΒΙΟΥΚΟΣΜΗΘΕΙ
9ΣΑΝΣΕΜΝΟΤΗΤΙΚΑΙΑΡΕΤΗ
10ΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΔΕΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΗΝ
11ΠΕΡΕΙΤΟΥΤΟΥΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ
12ΤΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥΚΑΛΛΙΜΗ
13ΔΟΥΣΑΝΔΡΟΣΕΝΤΕΑΡΧΑΙΣ
14ΚΑΙΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΙΣΚΑΙΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙ
15ΑΙΣΓΕΓΟΝΟΤΟΣΚΑΙΝΕΟΠΟΙΗ
16ΣΑΝΤΟΣΕΥΣΕΒΩΣΚΑΙΦΙΛΟ
17 scroll ΤΕΙΜΩΣ leaf
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βουλὴ
καὶ
δῆμος
ἐτείμη
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σαν
καὶ
μετηλλακχότα
ταῖς
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καλλίσταις
καὶ
πρεπούσαις
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τειμαῖς
Περείταν
Διογένους
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τοῦ
Ἀπολλωνίου
Καλλιμήδην
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ἄνδρα
ἐνάρετον
ζήσαντα
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ἐνδόξως
καὶ
ἐπιφανῶς
καὶ
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κοσμίως
γενόμενον
ἔν
τε
<lb n="9" />
λειτουργίαις
καὶ
ἀρχαῖς
καὶ
<lb n="10" />
πρεσβείαις
νεωποιήσαντά
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τε
μεγαλοπρεπῶς
καὶ
κοσμί
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ως
καὶ
ἐπιφανῶς
καὶ
πάντα
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ποιήσαντα
ἀναλογούντως
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τῷ
τοῦ
γένους
αὐτοῦ
ἀξιώματι
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ἐφ'
οἷς
βουλὴ
καὶ
δῆμος
ἐπεβό
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<g type="scroll" />
ησαν
τειμηθῆναι
αὐτὸν
καὶ
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μετηλλακχότα
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<abbr>
Μᾶρ
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κον
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Αὐρήλιον
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Διόδωρον
Καλ
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λιμήδην
ἄνδρα
<lb n="4" />
ἐνάρετον
ζή
<lb n="5" type="worddiv" />
σαντα
ἐνδόξως
<lb n="6" />
καὶ
ἐπιφανῶς
<lb n="7" />
καὶ
κοσμίως
γε
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
νόμενον
ἐν
λει
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
τουργίαις
καὶ
ἀρ
<lb n="10" type="worddiv" />
χαῖς
καὶ
πρεσβεί
<lb n="11" type="worddiv" />
αις
καὶ
πάντα
ποι
<lb n="12" type="worddiv" />
ήσαντα
ἀναλο
<lb n="13" type="worddiv" />
γούντως
τῷ
τοῦ
<lb n="14" />
γένους
αὐτοῦ
ἀξι
<lb n="15" type="worddiv" />
ώματι
τὸν
ὄντως
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<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
φιλόσοφον
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βουλὴ
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δῆμος
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ἐτείμησεν
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Τατίαν
Διογένους
τοῦ
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Διογένους
τοῦ
Δημητρί
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ου
Φιλήμονος
σώφρονα
<lb n="6" />
καὶ
φίλανδρον
καὶ
φιλότε
<lb n="7" type="worddiv" />
κνον
καὶ
πάσῃ
διὰ
παν
<lb n="8" type="worddiv" />
τὸς
τοῦ
βίου
κοσμηθεῖ
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
σαν
σεμνότητι
καὶ
ἀρετῇ
<lb n="10" />
γυναῖκα
δὲ
γενομένην
<lb n="11" />
Περείτου
τοῦ
Διογένους
<lb n="12" />
τοῦ
Ἀπολλωνίου
Καλλιμή
<lb n="13" type="worddiv" />
δους
ἀνδρὸς
ἔν
τε
ἀρχαῖς
<lb n="14" />
καὶ
πρεσβείαις
καὶ
λειτουργί
<lb n="15" type="worddiv" />
αις
γεγονότος
καὶ
νεοποιή
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σαντος
εὐσεβῶς
καὶ
φιλο
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τείμως
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Translation:

i. The Council and the People honoured also after his death with the most splendid and fitting honours Peritas Kallimedes son of Diogenes the son of Apollonios, a man of virtue, who won esteem and note for his way of life, was well-ordered in his conduct of liturgies and offices and embassies, generous and well-ordered and notable as a neopoios, and acted always as was appropriate to the honour of his family. For these reasons the Council and the People voted by cheering (?by acclamation) for honours to be paid to him also after his death.

ii. (The Council and the People honoured) Marcus Aurelius Diodoros Kallimedes, a man of virtue who won esteem and note for his way of life, was well-ordered in his conduct of liturgies and ofices and embassies, and acted always as was appropriate to the honour of his family, a man who was genuinely a philosopher.

iii. The Council and the People honoured Tatia daughter of Diogenes Philemon the son of Diogenes the son of Demetrios, a prudent woman, devoted to her husband and her children, and adorned throughout her life with outstanding dignity and virtue; she was the wife of Peritas Kallimedes son of Diogenes the son of Apollonios, a man who undertook offices and embassies and liturgies and was a pious and munificent neopoios.

Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).

Photographs:

Monument (1973)
 Monument (1973)

Representations:

Kubitschek notebook III, 19
 Kubitschek notebook III, 19
Kubitschek notebook III, 19v
 Kubitschek notebook III, 19v

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