Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

9.108. Funerary fragment

Description: White marble fragment from a sarcophagus front with top edge stepped back to receive lid ( w: 0.20 × h: 0.235 × d: 0.14).

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: Standard, 0.03

Date: First to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Sebasteion, South Portico, SW, 87-1

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

[---]λίας Φρ[---]
[---]ΤΑΙ ΑΝ[---]
[--- γεγ]ρ̣αμμε[ν---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΛΙΑΣΦΡ[---]
[---]ΤΑΙΑΝ[---]
[---...].ΑΜΜΕ[.---]

Apparatus

2: e.g. [ἔσ]ται, [ἐξέσ]ται, [εἰσωσ]ται
3: e.g. [γεγ]ραμμέ[νος, προγεγ]ραμμέ[νος]

Translation

? mention of –lia Phr-, and of something written (probably persons).

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 87.403

Publication: IAph2007 9.108.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1988)