Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

2.526. Funerary verse

Description: Lower right corner of a white marble block with a panel, within a slightly raised rim, on the 3 surviving faces w: 0.25 × h: 0.25 × d: 0.27.

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: Irregular, possibly late; 0.01 (ο) - 0.02

Date: Third-fourth century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bishop's Palace: MAB 13, Tr. 2, Str.1

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

[------]
[---]Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Υ̣
[---]ΙΜΟΝ ( vac. 2)
[---]Ι̣Ι̣Σ μοῖρα
[---] ( vac. 8)
( vac. 1 line)

Diplomatic

[------]
[---]....
[---]ΙΜΟΝ    
[---]..ΣΜΟΙΡΑ
[---]                
     vacat

Translation

A reference to Fate, probably from a funerary epigram.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 65.363

Publication: IAph2007 2.526.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)