Description: A white marble
panel (w: 0.37 × h: 0.475 × d: 0.05) very badly worn by water.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Lunate, ave. 0.015
Date: First to fourth centuries CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Sebasteion: E. Temple Seb. 1-83.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum
Interpretive
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[---]Ϲ̣Ε̣Π̣Ο̣[---]
Κ̣Α̣Ϲ̣Ι̣Ε̣Ν̣ [.]Ο̣Ν̣Ε̣Υ̣Γ̣Ο̣ [..]Ο[---]
[.]Ο [.]νόητοϲ ΑϹΚΙ̣Ι̣[.]Ο[.]ΙϹ[---]
5 τοῖϲ ἰδίοιϲ Κ̣Ο̣Ρ̣Ι̣Η̣Ϲ̣Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Ϲ̣Υ̣Ν̣Ι̣Ο̣[---]
Ι δα̣ψ̣ι̣λ̣ῆ̣ αὐτοῖϲ [..]Α̣Τ̣Ϲ̣Α̣Ι̣[---]
Τ̣Ο̣Ν̣ Τ̣Ι̣ [c. 6]Ψ̣Ο̣Ι̣Κ̣Ι̣Υ̣ΙΝ[---]
Υ̣ [c. 6]Ο̣Ϲ̣[---]
Α̣Γ̣Η̣Τ̣Α̣Ι̣Δ[c. 5]Τ̣Υ̣Ι̣Ε̣Υ̣[---]
10Τ̣[.]Ο̣Ρ̣Ι̣Ν̣Γ̣Ο̣[---]
ΤΟΝ [---]
Π̣[---]
Ι̣Ι̣Φ̣Ο̣Ρ̣Α̣[.]Ι̣Ο̣[---]
Τ̣Ι̣Υ̣[.]Ρ̣Β̣Υ̣Λ̣ [---]
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Diplomatic
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[---]....[---]
......[·]......[··]Ο[---]
[·]Ο[·]ΝΟΗΤΟϹΑϹΚ..[·]Ο[·]ΙϹ[---]
5ΤΟΙϹΙΔΙΟΙϹ..............[---]
ΙΔ.....ΑΥΤΟΙϹ[··].....[---]
.....[······]......ΙΝ[---]
.[······]..[---]
......Δ[·····].....[---]
10.[·]......[---]
ΤΟΝ[---]
.[---]
......[·]..[---]
...[·]....[---]
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English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
Not usefully translatable: the discernible words suggest verse, probably funerary.
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition 83.68.