Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

1.163. Fragment of funerary panel(?)

Description: Fragment of a white marble panel, with back surviving, cut down for reuse (w: 0.13 × h: 0.09 × d: 0.04).

Text: The inscribed face is in poor condition.

Letters: 0.03-0.035.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Temple/Church: Atrium.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

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[---]Δ[---]
[--- Ἀφρο]δ̣εισ[---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]Δ[---]
[---....].ΕΙΣ[---]
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Translation

Reference to ? Aphrodisian.

Commentary

Although the inscribed face is in poor condition and the letters cut in a less professional manner, the lettering is not entirely dissimilar from the fragments of 16.1322.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 62.438

Publication: IAph2007 1.163.

Images

Fig. 1. Second fragment from left (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)