Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

2.548. Funerary fragment from Bouleuterion area

Description: Fragment from the right side of a white marble sarcophagus front: w: 0.18 × h: 0.22 × d: 0.10.

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: Line 1 truncated, line 2, 0.025, lines 3f., 0.02

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bouleuterion/Odeon, West Area: 'W. Bou., Ch. 3, Str. 1'

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[------]
[---]Ε̣Υ̣Σ̣[---]
[---καὶ τυβωρ]ύχος
[---τοῦ ἐκ]δική-
[σαντος --- κ]εκή-
5[δευται? --- ἐ]πιγρα-
[φῆς ἀντίγραφον ---]

Diplomatic

[------]
[---]...[---]
[---........]ΥΧΟΣ
[---.....]ΔΙΚΗ
[......---.]ΕΚΗ
5[......---.]ΠΙΓΡΑ
[.............---]

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

. . . ] and a tomb-breaker [ . . . ] of the prosecutor [ . . . ] has been buried [ . . . a copy of ] the inscription [ . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 64.48, SBI 45

Images

Fig. 1. 11.218, 11.27, 2.548 (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)