Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

2.309. Funerary formula from sarcophagus

Description: Front of a white marble garland sarcophagus (w: 2.27 × h: 0.96 × d: 0.09) damaged to the left and at the top along the edge, broken away at right. For description see Işık 100.

Text: lines 1-8 cut on the upper part of the front of the sarcophagus, avoiding the decorative features, except that line 8 impinges on the upper moulding of the tabella; lines 9-20 within the tabella. The text probably began on the lid.

Letters: Neatly designed, cut and aligned, in the second-to-fourth-century style, without any exaggerated features, lines 1-10, 0.03; lines 11-12, 0.025. Star for denarius; small slanting stroke before the figure.

Date: Probably second to early third centuries (lettering, spelling)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bouleuterion/Odeon, North Area: NE Odeon, 73c

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[---]Ν̣Π̣ΟΑΝ̣ΕΙ̣[---]Ι̣ΕΡ̣ΑΣ[.]Ο ἐ̣σ̣ομ̣έ̣ν̣ων̣ ἐν ᾗ σορ̣ῷ̣ κ̣η̣δε̣υ̣θ̣ήσεται αὐτὸς [c. 12]
οὐδε( vac. ) νὶ δὲἔξεσ( vac. ) ται ἀπαλλο( vac. ) τριῶσαι το( vac. ) [ῦτο τὸ ἡ-]
ρῶον ( vac. ) ἢ μέρ ( vac. ) ος τι ἀπ' α ( vac. ) ὐτοῦ οὐ( vac. ) [τὲ διὰ συν-]
χωρή ( vac. ) σεως ( vac. ) οὐτὲ δι' ( vac. ) ἑτέρας τι ( vac. ) [νος οἰκο-]
5νομίας ( vac. ) τρό ( vac. ) πῳ οὐδ ( vac. ) ενὶ οὐδ ( vac. ) ὲ ἐ[κθάψαι?]
τινὰ τ ( vac. ) ῶν ἐν( vac. ) ταφησο ( vac. ) μένων ἔσ ( vac. ) τω ἀ[σεβὴς]
καὶ ἐπ ( vac. ) άρατος ( vac. ) καὶ τυμ( vac. )βορύχο( vac. ) ς καὶ̣ [προσ-]
ἀποτε ( vac. ) ι ( vac. 1) σάτω ( vac. ) ἱερὰ θεᾷ ( vac. ) Ἀφροδείτῃ ( vac. ) εἰς τε̣[ιμὰς]
τῶν Σεβαστῶν
10(δηνάρια) ͵Ϛ καὶ οὐδὲν ἥτ-
τον μένει πᾶν τὸ ἡ-
ρῶον τοῦ γένους
ἀνεξαλλοτριωτὸν
εἰς τὸν ἅπαντα χρό-
15νον τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς
ἀπέτεθη ἀντίγρα-
φον εἰς τὸ χρεοφυ-
λακιον ἐπὶ στεφα-
νηφόρου Ὑψικλέ-
20ους τοῦ Κάστορος
[------]

Diplomatic

[---]..ΟΑ.Ε.[---].Ε.ΑΣ[·]Ο..Ο...Ω.ΕΝΗΣΟ....Δ...ΗΣΕΤΑΙΑΥΤΟΣ[············]
ΟΥΔΕ      ΝΙΔΕΕΞΕΣ      ΤΑΙΑΠΑΛΛΟ      ΤΡΙΩΣΑΙΤΟ      [......-]
ΡΩΟΝ      ΗΜΕΡ      ΟΣΤΙΑΠΑ      ΥΤΟΥΟΥ      [........-]
ΧΩΡΗ      ΣΕΩΣ      ΟΥΤΕΔΙ      ΕΤΕΡΑΣΤΙ      [.......-]
5ΝΟΜΙΑΣ      ΤΡΟ      ΠΩΟΥΔ      ΕΝΙΟΥΔ      ΕΕ[......]
ΤΙΝΑΤ      ΩΝΕΝ      ΤΑΦΗΣΟ      ΜΕΝΩΝΕΣ      ΤΩΑ[.....]
ΚΑΙΕΠ      ΑΡΑΤΟΣ      ΚΑΙΤΥΜ      ΒΟΡΥΧΟ      ΣΚΑ.[....-]
ΑΠΟΤΕ      Ι  ΣΑΤΩ      ΙΕΡΑΘΕΑ      ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗ      ΕΙΣΤ.[....]
ΤΩΝΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΝ
10 𐆖 ͵ϚΚΑΙΟΥΔΕΝΗΤ
ΤΟΝΜΕΝΕΙΠΑΝΤΟΗ
ΡΩΟΝΤΟΥΓΕΝΟΥΣ
ΑΝΕΞΑΛΛΟΤΡΙΩΤΟΝ
ΕΙΣΤΟΝΑΠΑΝΤΑΧΡΟ
15ΝΟΝΤΗΣΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΗΣ
ΑΠΕΤΕΘΗΑΝΤΙΓΡΑ
ΦΟΝΕΙΣΤΟΧΡΕΟΦΥ
ΛΑΚΙΟΝΕΠΙΣΤΕΦΑ
ΝΗΦΟΡΟΥΥΨΙΚΛΕ
20ΟΥΣΤΟΥΚΑΣΤΟΡΟΣ
[------]

Apparatus

6: ἐπεί has been inserted between the lines; it is possible that a longer formula has been omitted
8: ἱερᾷ θεᾷ Ἀφροδείτῃ Chaniotis, 2012

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds, 2007

- - - ] in which sarcophagus he himself [name] shall be buried but no one shall have the right to alienate this heroon (tomb) nor any part of it either by concession or by any other procedure in any way, nor to remove anyone of those who shall be buried in it; for (whoever does so) is to be (considered) sacrilegious and accursed and a tomb-breaker and [in addition] is to pay 6000 denarii (to be) sacred to the goddess Aphrodite, with a view to (erection of) statues of the Augusti; and none the less the whole heroon of the family will remain unalienated for all time. A copy of the inscribed text was deposited in the civic archive in the stephanephorate of Hypsicles son of Castor [in the month ...]

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 73.266

Publication: Reynolds, 2007 100, whence SEG 57.1016; IAph2007 2.309, whence Chaniotis, 2012 p.349, note 14, whence SEG 62.823

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1973)


Full EpiDoc XML