Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

2.544. Funerary fragment

Description: Two joining fragments from the lower edge of a white marble columnar sarcophagus; the lower part of a column in relief remains above the inscribed face (w: 0.43 × h: 0.54 × d: 0.135).

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: Standard second to third century forms; 0.023

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bishop's Palace 67.1, Str.2

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

[--- ἕτερος δὲ] οὐδεὶς ἕξει ἐ[ξουσίαν ---]
[--- δι'] ἄκτου βουλῆ̣[ς ---]
[--- ἀσεβὴς καὶ] ἐπάρατος [καὶ τυμβωρύχος ---]
[--- ὧ]ν̣ τὸ τρίτον ἔ[σται ---]
5[---]ΝΑ ἐν δὲ ταῖ̣[ς εἰσώσταις]
[---] δ̣ιατάξηται τ+ [---]

Diplomatic

[---........]ΟΥΔΕΙΣΕΞΕΙΕ[.......---]
[---...]ΑΚΤΟΥΒΟΥΛ.[.---]
[---.........]ΕΠΑΡΑΤΟΣ[.............---]
[---.].ΤΟΤΡΙΤΟΝΕ[....---]
5[---]ΝΑΕΝΔΕΤΑ.[..........]
[---].ΙΑΤΑΞΗΤΑΙΤ·[---]

Translation

Elements from a funerary penalty formula, with a reference, line 2, to an act of the Council.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 67.507, Sarcophagus 753

Publication: Öğüş, 2018 132, whence IAM 2019.230, SEG 69.711 B

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)