13.143. Funerary inscription for M. Aurelius Ioulianos

Description:
Fragment from a white marble sarcophagus lid (W. 0.69 long); the right end has been lost since Kubitschek recorded it.
Text:
On the front mouldings of the lid, interrupted by a projecting panel with ΣΙΝ (from ζῶσιν) in large letters. The text must have continued on the face of the sarcophagus.
Letters:
standard second to third centuries A.D. forms; ll.1, -2, 0.018; 3-4, 0.02; . . ΣΙΝ, on projection, 0.04. ΜΜ in ligature, l.2.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Necropolis, North-east: Östlich von Aphrodisias, zwischen 2 Weinbergen (K). Stray find (1994)
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by Kubitschek (III, 17; Abklatsch 89); by the NYU expedition in 1994 (Sarcophagus 446)
Bibliography:
Published from Kubitschek by Cormack, no. 10, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 451 .
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds); Kubitschek's notebook. This edition Reynolds (2007).
i
1 [·· c. 20 ··]ΑΙ ἐστι Μάρκου Αὐ̣ρηλ̣ίου Ἰουλιανοῦ τοῦ Ἰουλιανοῦ υἱοῦ Τίτο Αὐρη̣[·· ? ··
2[·· c. 20 ··] Ἰουλιανὸς ὁ προγεγραμμένος καὶ Αὐρ(ηλία) Ἐ̣λ πὶς Ἀδράστου [·· ? ··]
3[·· c. 18 ·· οὐ]δ̣εὶς ἕξει ἐξουσίαν ἐνθάψαι τινα ἢ ἐκθά | ψαι τῶν προγ [ε]-
4[γραμμένων ἐπεὶ ὁ παρὰ τα]ῦτα τι ποιήσας ἔστω ἀσεβὴς καὶ τ̣υμ |βωρύχος κα[ὶ]
5[·· ? ··
ii
1[ζῶ] | σιν
i
1[····················]ΑΙΕΣΤΙΜΑΡΚΟΥΑ·ΡΗ·ΙΟΥΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥΤΟΥ[·········][····][····][····][ - - -
2[····················]ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΣΟΠΡΟΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΣΚΑΙΑΥΡ·[·][···][········][ - - - ]
3[····················]·ΕΙΣΕΞΕΙΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝΕΝΘΑΨΑΙΤΙΝΑΗ[····][···][···][····][·]
4[········· ·············]ΥΤΑΤΙΠΟΙΗΣΑΣΕΣΤΩΑΣΕΒΗΣΚΑΙ·[··][·······][··][·]
5[·· ? ··
ii
1[··][···]
<div type="textpart_section" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="20" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
αι
</orig>
ἐστι
Μάρκου
Α
<unclear reason="damage" >
ὐ
</unclear>
ρη
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
ίου
Ἰουλιανοῦ
τοῦ
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="9" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
Ἰουλιανοῦ
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
υἱοῦ
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
Τίτο
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
Αὐρ
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
</rdg>
</app>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="20" unit="character" precision="circa" />
Ἰουλιανὸς
ὁ
προγεγρα
μμ
ένος
καὶ
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ηλία
</supplied>
</expan>
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ἐ
</unclear>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
λ
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
πὶς
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="8" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
Ἀδράστου
</rdg>
</app>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="18" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
οὐ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
δ
</unclear>
εὶς
ἕξει
ἐξουσίαν
ἐνθάψαι
τινα
ἢ
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
ἐκθά
</rdg>
</app>
<milestone unit="block" />
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
ψαι
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
τῶν
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
προγ
</rdg>
</app>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ε
</supplied>
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
γραμμένων
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐπεὶ
ὁ
παρὰ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τα
</supplied>
ῦτα
τι
ποιήσας
ἔστω
ἀσεβὴς
καὶ
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
υμ
</rdg>
</app>
<milestone unit="block" />
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
βωρύχος
</rdg>
</app>
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
κα
</rdg>
</app>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὶ
</supplied>
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ζῶ
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" />
<app type="previouslyread" >
<rdg resp="autopsy" >
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</rdg>
<rdg resp="previous" >
σιν
</rdg>
</app>
</ab>
</div>

Apparatus

Text seen by Kubitschek but not by us highlighted.

Translation:

i. [ . . . and the burial niches] belong to Marcus Aurelius Ioulianos son of Ioulianos son of Titus Aure[lius . . . ]the aforementioned Ioulianos and Aurelia Elpis daughter of Adrastos [ . . .] no one will have authority to bury anyone or exhume of those afore[mentioned, since he who] acts contrary to this let him be impious and a grave-robber and [·· ? ··]

ii. They are alive.

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1994)
 Face (1994)

Representations:

Kubitschek notebook III, 17
 Kubitschek notebook III, 17

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