Description:
White marble sarcophagus lid broken and worn (W. 0.70 × H. 0.30 × D. 0.19).
Text:
Inscribed on the moulding in a single line.
Letters:
0.02.
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Necropolis, West: reused in south side of the field wall s. of the old road from Aphrodisias to New Geyre
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1976)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (West Cemetery 1).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]ο̣κλέους το̣ῦ̣ Διογένους̣ Μ̣Η̣[·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·ΚΛΕΟΥΣΤ··ΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥ···[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
κλέους
τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
οῦ
</unclear>
Διογένου
<unclear reason="damage" >
ς
</unclear>
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
μη
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··]okles son of Diogenes [·· ? ··]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1976)
 Face (1976)

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