Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

1.164. Funerary inscription for Aurel[ius] [---]

Description: Fragment from the right corner of a white marble block.

Text: Inscribed on two adjacent faces

Letters: 0.018; last letter of a.4 above line.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering, nomenclature)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: 'Temple/Church' (Gaudin); found by the NYU expedition in the foundations of village house near Agora Gate

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1980)

Interpretive

a
[---]Α̣υρηλ̣-
[---]ν̣όμενος
[---τεχ]νείτης ( vac. 3)
[---]Ω τοῦ τόπου
5[---]Σ̣ Καλλίου
[--- ὁ προ]δηλούμε-
[ν- --- ἕτερος] δὲ οὐδεὶς̣
b
[ἕ]ξ̣ει ἐξου[σίαν c. 20 ἢ ἐκθά-]
ψαι ἐπεὶ ὁ [παρὰ ταῦτά τι ποίησας ἐσται ἀσέβης καὶ]
ἐπάρατος [καὶ τυμβωρύχος c. 30]
καὶ εἰς γεν[c. 30]
5Α καὶ ἀποτ[είσει... τῇ συν-]
τεχνίᾳ τ[ῶν... ὧν τὸ τρίτον μέρος]
[ἔ]στω τοῦ̣ [ἐκδικήσαντος c. 20]

Diplomatic

a
[---].ΥΡΗ.
[---].ΟΜΕΝΟΣ
[---...]ΝΕΙΤΗΣ      
[---]ΩΤΟΥΤΟΠΟΥ
5[---].ΚΑΛΛΙΟΥ
[---....]ΔΗΛΟΥΜΕ
[..---......]ΔΕΟΥΔΕΙ.
b
[.].ΕΙΕΞΟΥ[....····················.....-]
ΨΑΙΕΠΕΙΟ[................................]
ΕΠΑΡΑΤΟΣ[.............······························]
ΚΑΙΕΙΣΓΕΝ[······························]
5ΑΚΑΙΑΠΟΤ[.....···.....-]
ΤΕΧΝΙΑΤ[..···...............]
[.]ΣΤΩΤΟ.[............····················]

Apparatus

Reinach did not know that the two squeezes came from the same stone, nor where the edges were.
a.1: ... ]ΥΦΗΛ̣[... Reinach, 1906
a.2: ... ]ΟΜΕΝΟΣ[ ... Reinach, 1906
a.3: ... ]δηλουμένου Reinach, 1906
a.4: ... ]ΕΛΕ οὐδεὶ[ς ... Reinach, 1906
b.4: εἰς γεν[ος αὐτοῦ Reinach, 1906; ΕΙΣΓΕΝ[...] IAph2007

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

. . . ]Aurel[ius . . ] ? [ . . . ] craftsman [ . . . ] of the place [ . . . ] of Kallias [ . . . the afore]mentioned [ . . . ] no one [else] shall have the right [to bury here or to remove a body] since whover [ acts contrary to this shall be considered impious and ] accursed [and a tomb breaker and ? . . . ] ? [ . . . ] and shall pay [ . . . ] to the guild of the [ . . . ] of which a third part is to belong to the prosecutor [ . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: Gaudin, 1904 124; New York University expedition 80.26 found by the NYU expedition in 1980.

Publication: Reinach, 1906186, whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 545, 569 ; IAph2007 1.164.

Images

Fig. 1. a (M. Roueché, 1980)

Fig. 2. b (M. Roueché, 1980)