Funerary inscription for Aurelius Flavius Elpidephoros
created: Transcription (Reynolds)
source date: Third century CE
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τὴν σορὸν καὶ τὴν ὑποκειμένην αὐτῇ εἰσώστην κατεσκεύασεν Αὐρήλιος Φλάουιος Ἐλπιδήφορος ἐν ᾗ κεκήδευται Αὐρήλιος [...] Φλάβιος Ἐπιτυνχάνων ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ κηδευθήσονται δὲ καὶ Αὐρηλία Φλαβία Ἐλπὶς ἡ μητὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ Αὐρηλία Ἀφροδεισία Τατιανοῦ τοῦ Τατιανοῦ τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Κρόκου ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἐπιτυγχάνων ὁ καὶ Ἀλέξιος Ἀθηναγόρου τοῦ Ἀθηναγόρου κηδευθήσεται δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Ἐλπιδήφορος ἕτερος δὲ οὐδεις [...]

Aur(elius) Fl(avius) Elpidephoros constructed the sarcophagus and the burial places below it, in which has been buried Aur(elius) Fl(avius) Epitynchanon, his father, and shall be buried Aur(elia) Fl(avia) Elpis his mother, and Aur(elia) Aphrodeisia daughter of Tatianos the son of Tatianos the son of Alexandros the the son of Krokos, his wife and M(arcus) Aur(elius) Epitynchanon also known as Alexis, son of Athenagoras the son of Athenagoras. There shall also be buried Elpidephoros himself, but no-one else [...]

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