Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

8.713. Funerary inscription for Hypsikles, third generation from Menandros

Description: Fragment, with upper edge, from sarcophagus front (w: 0.25 × h: 0.265 × d: 0.85).

Text: One line of inscription above a Medusa head in relief.

Letters: 0.025

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: clearing Theatre Baths area.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

[---]Υ ( vac. 1) Ὑψικλῆς γ τ̣[οῦ Μενάνδρου? ---]

Diplomatic

[---]Υ  ΥΨΙΚΛΗΣΓ.[...........---]

English translation

Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds

[---] Hypsikles III (i.e. son of Hypsikles son of Hypsikles) son of [?Menandros . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 68.359

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)