Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

8.292. Funerary fragment son of(?) Hermokrates

Description: Lower left corner of a panel (w: 0.26 × h: 0.29 × d: 0.11).

Text: Inscribed on the face, three lines in the centre of the surface, with line 4 at lower edge.

Letters: Two hands(?); 0.02-0.025

Date: First century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Theatre: Stray

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

( vac. )
Εἰκάδ[ιε? c. 9]
Νινει ( vac. 1) Ἑι̣[c. 8]
Ἑρμοκρά[τους c. 5]
( vac. 2 lines)
( vac. 5) χαίρετ̣[ε ( vac. 5)]

Diplomatic

     vacat
ΕΙΚΑΔ[..·········]
ΝΙΝΕΙ  Ε.[········]
ΕΡΜΟΚΡΑ[....·····]
     vacat
          ΧΑΙΡΕ.[......]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

Eikadios [ . . . ] child of Nines, Ei[- . .. child of] Hermokrates, farewell

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 73.4

Images

Fig. 1. Face (NYU expedition, 1973)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)