15.345. Epitaph of ?M. Aur. Leontius Auchenios and M. Aur. Papaios Polychronios
- Description:
- White marble garland sarcophagus. See Isik 176 for a full description.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the tabella (H. 0.195 × W. 0.345) from which a previous inscription has been erased. Line 1 on the upper moulding, lines 2 ff. inscribed within the panel; lines 3-6, 9-12 impinge on the right moulding. Very worn.
- Letters:
- Irregular and poorly formed, 0.01-0.015; cursive alpha, omega and mu used sporadically, square sigma.
- Date:
- Late third/early fourth century (titles).
- Findspot:
- Stray find.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 48).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 151, whence cited, but with the wrong text, at McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 454; by Reynolds, in F. Isik, Garland Sarcophagi, 176.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 Ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ περ̣ι̣κ̣ί̣μ̣ε -
- 2ν̣ος τόπ̣ος τού -
- 3τω̣ μνημείῳ ἐ -
- 4στὶν Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Λεοντ -
- 5ήου Αὐχενίου
- 6διδασκάλου
- 7φίλων καὶ
- 8Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Παπα -
- 9{α}ίου Πολυχρ̣[ο]-
- 10νίου διοικη -
- 11τοῦ Παπίου πο -
- 12λιτευομένου.
- 1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΟΠΕ·····Ε
- 2·ΟΣΤΟ·ΟΣΤΟΥ
- 3Τ·ΜΝΗΜΕΙΩΕ
- 4ΣΤΙΝΜΑΥΡΛΕΟΝΤ
- 5ΗΟΥΑΥΧΕΝΙΟΥ
- 6ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΟΥ
- 7ΦΙΛΩΝΚΑΙ
- 8ΜΑΥΡΠΑΠΑ
- 9ΑΙΟΥΠΟΛΥΧ·[·]
- 10ΝΙΟΥΔΙΟΙΚΗ
- 11ΤΟΥΠΑΠΙΟΥΠΟ
- 12ΛΙΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΥ
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Ἡ
σορὸς
καὶ
ὁ
πε
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ρικίμ
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ε
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<unclear
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ν
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ος
τό
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π
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ος
τού
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τ
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ω
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μνημείῳ
ἐ
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στὶν
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<abbr>
Μ
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άρκου
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<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
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reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ηλίου
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Λεοντ
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ήου
Αὐχενίου
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/>
διδασκάλου
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φίλων
καὶ
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n="8"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Μ
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reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
άρκου
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
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reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ηλίου
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Παπα
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n="9"
type="worddiv"
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<sic
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>
α
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ίου
Πολυχ
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ρ
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ο
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νίου
διοικη
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τοῦ
Παπίου
πο
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λιτευομένου
.
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Translation:
The sarcophagus, and the area surrounding this memorial, is (the property of) M. Aurelius Leontius Auchenios, teacher of friends, and M. Aurelius Papaios Polychronios, steward of Papias, curialis.
Commentary:
The principal indication of date is the title of Papias' master; see discussion at ala2004 IX.11.
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
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- Detail (1978)
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