Description:
Fragment of what seems to be the front of a white marble sarcophagus (H. 0.485, W. 0.41, D. 0.20) with back and lower edge surviving.
Text:
Inscribed on the face; ll. 9-12 are on a simple moulding.
Letters:
Standard second-/third-century forms, 0.022; apex on Θ, l.12.
Date:
Second to third-centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Found by the NYU expedition, a stray find in 1970; excavation inventory no. 70.215.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché PPA 57
Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
1·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· ?ἀγῶ]νας̣ ο̣ὓ̣ς̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ·· οἰκου]μενικοΙ̣[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··] Η̣ περὶ τοῦ [·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ··] stop Μᾶρκος Αἴ̣[?λιος ·· ? ··]
6[·· ? ··]ΤΟΣ Αὐρηλίῳ [·· ? ··]
7[·· ? ·· τῆς λαμπροτάτ]ης Ἀφροδεισι[έων πόλεως ·· ? ··]
8[·· ? ·· πλ]ῆ̣θος τῶν τειμῶ[ν ·· ? ··]
9[·· ? ·· ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν αὐτ]οκρατόρων εἰς α[ἰῶνα διαμονῆς ·· ? ··]
10[·· ? ··]ΩΝΔΕΤΙ καὶ τῇ ΤΕ̣[·· ? ··]
11[·· ? ·· τὸν Ἀτ]τάληον ἀγῶν[α ·· ? ··]
12[·· ? ·· ?οἰκουμενικὸ]ν̣ καὶ εἰσελαστ[ικὸν ·· ? ··]
13[·· ? ·· θ]έ̣ματα τὰ ὑπο[γεγραμμένα ·· ? ··]
1·· ? ··]
2[ - - - ···]ΝΑ····[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ·····]ΜΕΝΙΚΟ·[ - - - ]
4[ - - - ]·ΠΕΡΙΤΟΥ[ - - - ]
5[ - - - ] stop ΜΑΡΚΟΣΑ·[···· - - - ]
6[ - - - ]ΤΟΣΑΥΡΗΛΙΩ[ - - - ]
7[ - - - ············]ΗΣΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΣΙ[········· - - - ]
8[ - - - ··]·ΘΟΣΤΩΝΤΕΙΜΩ[· - - - ]
9[ - - - ·············]ΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΩΝΕΙΣΑ[············ - - - ]
10[ - - - ]ΩΝΔΕΤΙΚΑΙΤΗΤ·[ - - - ]
11[ - - - ·····]ΤΑΛΗΟΝΑΓΩΝ[· - - - ]
12[ - - - ···········]·ΚΑΙΕΙΣΕΛΑΣΤ[···· - - - ]
13[ - - - ·]·ΜΑΤΑΤΑΥΠΟ[·········· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ἀγῶ
</supplied>
να
<unclear reason="damage" >
ς
</unclear>
<unclear reason="damage" >
οὓς
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
οἰκου
</supplied>
μενικο
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ι
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Η
</unclear>
περὶ
τοῦ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<g type="stop" />
Μᾶρκος
Α
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
λιος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
ΤΟΣ
Αὐρηλίῳ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῆς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
λαμπροτάτ
</supplied>
ης
Ἀφροδεισι
<supplied reason="lost" >
έων
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
πόλεως
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
πλ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
θος
τῶν
τειμῶ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="9" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὑπὲρ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῆς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῶν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
αὐτ
</supplied>
οκρατόρων
εἰς
α
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἰῶνα
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
διαμονῆς
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="10" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
ΩΝΔΕΤΙ
καὶ
τῇ
Τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ε
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="11" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἀτ
</supplied>
τάληον
ἀγῶν
<supplied reason="lost" >
α
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="12" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
οἰκουμενικὸ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
καὶ
εἰσελαστ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ικὸν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="13" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
θ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
ματα
τὰ
ὑπο
<supplied reason="lost" >
γεγραμμένα
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

- ] ? contests which [ - - -] world-wide [ - - ?magistrates ] led by [ - - -] Marcus Ae[lius - - -] to Aurelius [ - - ?the most splendid city of] the Aphrodisians [ - - the ] quantity of the honours [ - - on behalf of the eternal preservation] of the emperors [ - - the At]taleian contest [ - ? world wide] and conferring right of triumphal entry [ - - ] prizes those [?written] below [ -

Commentary:
No commentary yet (2007).

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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