Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

2.543. i: Funerary fragment ii: Acclamation

Description: Block broken to left and chipped along the upper edge w: 1.28 × h: 0.345 × d: 0.34.

Text: i: inscribed on the face; ii: roughly scratched upside down to i.

Letters: i: 0.03. ii: 0.045-0.05

Date: i: Second to third centuries C.E.; ii: Fifth-tenth century CE (formula, lettering, content)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bishop's Palace: MAB precinct, str.1.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

i
[---κληρο]νόμων καὶ διαδόχων Κλαυ - ((star))
[δίου? ---]ΙΟΥ ( vac. 3)
ii
Νίκι

Diplomatic

i
[---.....]ΝΟΜΩΝΚΑΙΔΙΑΔΟΧΩΝΚΛΑΥ- *
[....---]ΙΟΥ      
ii
ΝΙΚΙ

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

(i): [---] of the heirs and successors of Claud[ius? . . .

(ii): Victory!

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 66.150

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1980)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1994)