Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

11.34. Funerary inscription for [---] son of Papias

Description: Fragments from a white marble sarcophagus front, with a simple moulding above. Fragment a (lines 2-11) complete to right and below (w: 0.75 × h: 0.55 × d: 0.14); b fragment from upper edge (lines 1-3) with moulding; c fragment (left end of lines 5 ff.) with lower edge surviving; d. fragment, without edges, lines 3-7.

Text: Inscribed on the moulding (line 1) and across the face.

Letters: 0.025.

Date: Second to early third century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: City, Village, re-used in a village house: 'Haus des Muktar' (Kubitschek); 'in a stairway' (MAMA)

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1978)

Interpretive

[c. 35]ια τοῦ Παπίου εἰς ἣν σορὸν κεκήδευται Θεόδοτος
[c. 35]ς αὐτὸς καὶ Ἀμμία Ἀριστείδου τοῦ Ζήνωνος
[c. 22 οὐδεὶς δὲ ἕξει ἐξ]ουσίαν ἀνοῖξαι τὴν σορὸν ((stop)) μετὰ τὸ ἐντα[φ]ῆναι
[c. 26 οὐδὲ παραχ]ώρησιν [ἢ συ]νχώρησιν ἢ οἰκονομίαν τινὰ περὶ τῆς
5[c. 33 γ]εγραμ[μενω]ν τι ποιήσας δήποτε τρόπῳ ἔσ-
[ται ἀσεβὴς καὶ ἐπάρατος καὶ τυμβωρύχος καὶ ἀποτ]ε̣ίσει π̣[ρὸς τ]ειμὰς τῶν Σεβαστῶν ἀργυρίου (δηνάρια) ͵Ϛ ( vac. 1)
[c. 32 ἐν δ]ὲ τῇ [εἰσ]ω̣στῃ τῇ ὑπὸ τὴν σορὸν κηδευθήσεται Διο-
[c. 11] ΣΑΙ[c. 4]Σ ((stop)) Αἰλιανὸς ὁ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου υἱός ἕτερος
[δὲοὐδεὶς c. 39 ἀπελ]ευθεροι μ̣ου καὶ οἱ ἐξ αὐτῶν γενόμενοι περὶ
10[c. 30]Ι̣ οἰκονομ[ία]ν ποι<ῆ>σαι οὐδενὶ τρόπῳ ἐπ’ἐξαλ-
[λοτρίωσει ἐπὶ ὁ ποιήσας ἐσται ὑπ]ευθυνος τοῖς ἐπάνω γεγραμμένοις προστεί-
[μοις]· [ταύτης τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς τὸ ἀντίγραφον ἀπετέθη εἰς] τ̣ὸ χρεοφυλ[ά]κιον ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου ((stop)) ((stop))Τιβ((stop))ερίου ((stop))
[c. 40]ρι ((stop)) ανου ( vac. )

Diplomatic

[···································]ΙΑΤΟΥΠΑΠΙΟΥΕΙΣΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΚΕΚΗΔΕΥΤΑΙΘΕΟΔΟΤΟΣ
[···································]ΣΑΥΤΟΣΚΑΙΑΜΜΙΑΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔΟΥΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ
[······················..............]ΟΥΣΙΑΝΑΝΟΙΞΑΙΤΗΝΣΟΡΟΝ • ΜΕΤΑΤΟΕΝΤΑ[.]ΗΝΑΙ
[··························.........]ΩΡΗΣΙΝ[...]ΝΧΩΡΗΣΙΝΗΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑΝΤΙΝΑΠΕΡΙΤΗΣ
5[·································.]ΕΓΡΑΜ[....]ΝΤΙΠΟΙΗΣΑΣΔΗΠΟΤΕΤΡΟΠΩΕΣ
[........................................].ΙΣΕΙ.[....]ΕΙΜΑΣΤΩΝΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΝΑΡΓΥΡΙΟΥ 𐆖 ͵Ϛ  
[································...]ΕΤΗ[...].ΣΤΗΤΗΥΠΟΤΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΚΗΔΕΥΘΗΣΕΤΑΙΔΙΟ
[···········]ΣΑΙ[····]Σ • ΑΙΛΙΑΝΟΣΟΤΟΥΑΔΕΛΦΟΥΜΟΥΥΙΟΣΕΤΕΡΟΣ
[........·······································....]ΕΥΘΕΡΟΙ.ΟΥΚΑΙΟΙΕΞΑΥΤΩΝΓΕΝΟΜΕΝΟΙΠΕΡΙ
10[······························].ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜ[..]ΝΠΟΙΣΑΙΟΥΔΕΝΙΤΡΟΠΩΕΠΕΞΑΛ
[...........................]ΕΥΘΥΝΟΣΤΟΙΣΕΠΑΝΩΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΙΣΠΡΟΣΤΕΙ
[............................................].ΟΧΡΕΟΦΥΛ[.]ΚΙΟΝΕΠΙΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥ • • ΤΙΒ • ΕΡΙΟΥ •
[········································]ΡΙ • ΑΝΟΥ      

Apparatus

The letters underlined were read only by Sterrett; he reproduced no ligatures.
10: ΠΟΙΗΣΑΙ Sterrett, 1888
10-11: ἐπεξαλ/[λοτριῶσαι ? Sterrett, 1888; ἐπεξαλ/[λοτρίωσιν MAMA 8; ἐπεξαλ/[λοτρίωσι IAph2007; ἐπ'ἐξαλ/[λοτρίωσει Robert, Hellenica XIII

Bibliography

Transcription: Sterrett, 1884, when a and b were still part of one stone; Kubitschek, June 1893, K.III.40 (cursive copy), Abklatsch 106, b (part- buried in a wall?); Calder, 1934, a; New York University expedition, a, b, c and d

Publication: Sterrett, 1888 9 ; MAMA 8 547 , whence Robert, Hellenica XIII, 198-204, Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1966.405 , McCabe, PHI, 1996 535 ; IAph2007 11.34.

Images

Fig. 1. Fragment a, upper edge, lines 1-3 (M. Roueché, 1977)

Fig. 2. Fragment b, lines 2-12 (Mehmet Ali Döğenci)

Fig. 3. Fragment b, lines 2-12 (M. Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 4. Fragment c, lines 6-13 (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)

Fig. 5. Fragment c, lines 6-13 (M. Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 6. Fragment d, lines 3-8 (M. Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 7. a and b: Sterrett no. 9

Fig. 8. b (part, lines 6-12): Kubitschek notebook III, 40


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