13.506. Epitaphs of anonymous, tabernarius, and of Euarestos
- Description:
- Upper right corner of a white marble funerary stele (H. 0.43 x W. 0.47 × D. 0.10) in the form of an aedicula, with simply moulded gable and plain acroteria, supported on columns with Corinthian capitals. Within the recess is the bust of a boy in relief.
- Text:
- ii is cut on either side of the bust and is presumably the original inscription of the monument; i is cut in irregular lettering on the gable.
- Letters:
- i. 0.01-0.02; square sigma and cursive omega; ii. in standard second- or third-century lettering, 0.02-0.025.
- Date:
- i. Third/fourth century (formulae, penalty); ii. Second/third century (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, South-west, west of the city walls
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Found by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62.24).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 147. and plate xxxiv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 476, 577. Published by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, Relief 5
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- a
- 1[?τὸ μνημεῖον ἐστιν Εὐ]αρέστου τοῦ Ἀχέου εἰς ὃ
- 2[?ταφήσεται τὰ παι]δία μου, ἑτέρῳ
- 3[?δὲ οὐκ ἔξεστ]ι, τολμή-
- 4[σας δέ τίς τινα ἐνθάψαι δώσ]ε τῷ ἱερωτάτῳ ταμίῳ λίτραν ἀσήμου.
- b
- 1[?ἐνθάδε] κεῖ bust ται
- 2[·· ? ··]ΟΣ τα - bust βερ
- 3[?νάριος ·· c. 4 ··]]ΝΤΩ bust Ν
- 4[·· ? ··
- a
- 1[···················]ΑΡΕΣΤΟΥΤΟΥΑΧΕΟΥΕΙΣΟ
- 2[···············]ΔΙΑΜΟΥΕΤΕΡΩ
- 3[···········]ΙΤΟΛΜΗ
- 4[··· ······················]ΕΤΩΙΕΡΩΤΑΤΩΤΑΜΙΩΛΙΤΡΑΝΑΣΗΜΟΥ
- b
- 1[······]ΚΕΙ bust ΤΑΙ
- 2[ - - - ]ΟΣΤΑ bust ΒΕΡ
- 3[······]ΝΤΩ bust Ν
- 4[·· ? ··
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type="textpart_fragment"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
τὸ
μνημεῖον
ἐστιν
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Εὐ
</supplied>
αρέστου
τοῦ
Ἀχέου
εἰς
ὃ
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ταφήσεται
τὰ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
παι
</supplied>
δία
μου
,
ἑτέρῳ
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
δὲ
οὐκ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἔξεστ
</supplied>
ι
,
τολμή
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σας
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
δέ
τίς
τινα
ἐνθάψαι
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
δώσ
</supplied>
ε
τῷ
ἱερωτάτῳ
ταμίῳ
λίτραν
ἀσήμου
.
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ἐνθάδε
</supplied>
κεῖ
<g
type="bust"
/>
ται
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
οσ
</orig>
τα
<g
type="bust"
/>
βερ
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
νάριος
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
/>
</supplied>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ντω
</orig>
<g
type="bust"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ν
</orig>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
a. [?The memorial belongs to ?Eu]arestos son of Acheos, in which my children [will be buried, but no-one] else [is allowed]; anyone who dares [to bury anyone in it, let him give] to the most sacred treasury a pound of pure bullion.
b. [Here] lies [·· c. 4 ··]?tavern-keeper[·· ? ··
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 IX.6; for the penalty, and its implications for the date, ala2004 IX.5.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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