Description:
White marble sarcophagus lid W. 1.30 × H. 0.32 × D. 0.74
Text:
Inscribed on the edge which is damaged and, at left end, covered by other debris.
Letters:
Standard forms; lunate sigma, epsilon. omega; 0.02
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Necropolis, North-east, near chamber tomb
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1994)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1994 (Sarcophagus 440)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [ἡ σορὸς καὶ] ὁ τόπος καθ' οὗ ἐπικεῖται ἡ σορ[ὸ]ς καὶ ΕΙ ἰσῶσται εἰσιν Μάρκο[υ Αὐρηλίου]
2 [··· Ἀπολλω]νίου τοῦ Δημητρίου τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου
3 [···]ΑΣ καὶ συνβιος αὐτοῦ Αὐρηλία
1[···········]ΟΤΟΠΟΣΚΑΘ'ΟΥΕΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙΗΣΟΡ[·]ΣΚΑΙΕΙΙΣΩΣΤΑΙΕΙΣΙΝΜΑΡΚΟ[·········]
2[·········]ΝΙΟΥΤΟΥΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥΤΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ
3[···]ΑΣΚΑΙΣΥΝΒΙΟΣΑΥΤΟΥΑΥΡΗΛΙΑ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
σορὸς
καὶ
</supplied>
τόπος
καθ'
οὗ
ἐπικεῖται
σορ
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
ς
καὶ
ΕΙ
ἰσῶσται
εἰσιν
Μάρκο
<supplied reason="lost" >
υ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Αὐρηλίου
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἀπολλω
</supplied>
νίου
τοῦ
Δημητρίου
τοῦ
Ἀπολλωνίου
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ασ
</orig>
καὶ
συνβιος
αὐτοῦ
Αὐρηλία
</ab>

Translation:

[The sarcophagus and] the place on which the sarcophagus is placed and the burial nichesbelong to Mar[cus Aurelius Apollo]nios son of Demetrios son of Apollonios [·· ? ··] and his wife Aurelia [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

The text will have continued on the body of the sarcophagus.

Photographs:

Face (1994)
 Face (1994)
Face (1994)
 Face (1994)
Face (1994)
 Face (1994)

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