Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

1.135. Funerary text for [A]mmia(?)

Description: Fragment of a panel, possibly from a sarcophagus front, which had an inset fascia within raised moulding; the upper right corner of the frame remains (w: 0.105 × h: 0.095 × d: 0.035).

Text: Inscribed along the upper edge; the text presumably continued in the central panel.

Letters: 0.015-0.02.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Temple/Church, Sector T.XVI

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

[--- Ἀ]μμία ( vac. )

Diplomatic

[---.]ΜΜΙΑ      

Translation

Ammia.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 62.349

Publication: IAph2007 1.135.

Images

Fig. 1. 1.35, 1.104, 2.103, 7.3 (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)