Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

7.17. Fragment of funerary text

Description: White marble fragment with lower moulding, probably from a sarcophagus : w: 0.11 × h: 0.13 × d: 0.05.

Text: Inscribed on the face, the last line on the moulding.

Letters: Lines 1, 3, 0.015; lines 2, 4, 0.02.

Date: Probably first to second centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Martyrion: S.W.Complex 4c

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[------]
[--- κηδευθήσο?]νται̣ [---]
[--- τὰ?]ς παρα[κειμένας? ---]
[--- τῆς?] ἐ̣πιγρ̣[αφῆς? ---]
5[---]Ο̣ΝΟΣ̣[---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[------]
[---.........]ΝΤΑ.[---]
[---..]ΣΠΑΡΑ[........---]
[---...].ΠΙΓ.[....---]
5[---].ΝΟ.[---]
[------]

Apparatus

1: or ? [ἐ]νταφ̣ [ῆναι]

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

References to burial, to ?adjacent sarcophagi, to the inscription

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 62.183

Images

Fig. 1. Face (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)

Fig. 3. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)