15.334. Epitaph of ?Bitos, also called Asterios, cursor of the phylae
- Description:
- A small stele (H. 0.75 × W. 0.37 × D. 0.25) with only one prepared face, slightly recessed; above this a rough circle is the only trace of decoration.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the prepared face (prepared area H. 0.39 × W. 0.255); the surface is very worn.
- Letters:
- Irregular cursive hand , 0.015-0.02.
- Date:
- Third-fourth century (formulae, penalty).
- Findspot:
- Stray find.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Found by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 150 and plate xxxvi, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 517; discussed, Feissel (1991), 375.
- Text constituted from:
- Copies (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1ὁ τόπος ἐστὶν καὶ
- 2ὁ πλάτας Βίτου Μ̣Ο̣Ν̣Η̣
- 3[·· c. 6 ··]ρ̣ωτικου τοῦ
- 4Π̣ρ̣α̣υλίου τοῦ καὶ Ἀστε̣-
- 5ρ̣ίου κούρσορος τῶν
- 6σεμνοτάτων φυλῶν.
- 7εἴ τις δ̣ὲ̣ βουλ̣ηθείη Ι̣
- 8χωρὶς γ̣ν̣ώ̣σ̣εως ἐ-
- 9μῆς ἐνθάψαι τινὰ
- 10δώσει τῷ ἱερωτάτῳ
- 11ταμείῳ̣ χρυσοῦ
- 12λίτραν μίαν.
- 1ΟΤΟΠΟΣΕΣΤΙΝΚΑΙ
- 2ΟΠΛΑΤΑΣΒΙΤΟΥ····
- 3[······]·ΩΤΙΚΟΥΤΟΥ
- 4···ΥΛΙΟΥΤΟΥΚΑΙΑΣΤ·
- 5·ΙΟΥΚΟΥΡΣΟΡΟΣΤΩΝ
- 6ΣΕΜΝΟΤΑΤΩΝΦΥΛΩΝ
- 7ΕΙΤΙΣ··ΒΟΥ·ΗΘΕΙΗ·
- 8ΧΩΡΙΣ····ΕΩΣΕ
- 9ΜΗΣΕΝΘΑΨΑΙΤΙΝΑ
- 10ΔΩΣΕΙΤΩΙΕΡΩΤΑΤΩ
- 11ΤΑΜΕΙ·ΧΡΥΣΟΥ
- 12ΛΙΤΡΑΝΜΙΑΝ
Apparatus
l. 4, Παυλίου Roueché, ALA; Πρ̣α̣υλίου cj Feissel (1991).
Translation:
The place and the platform are (the property) of ?Bitos [son of ·· ? ··]rotikos son of Praulios, also known as Asterios, cursor, of the most revered phylae; if anyone should wish, without my knowledge, to bury anyone in (here), he will give to the most sacred treasury one pound of gold.
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 IX.10; for the penalty, and its implications for the date, see ala2004 IX.5.
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
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- Face (1977)
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