Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

11.43. Funerary inscription for Meltinianos

Description: Plain white marble sarcophagus (no measurements)

Text: Inscribed on the face within a prepared area; the text must have begun on the lid

Letters: 0.025-0.03; not very well cut

Date: Second century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: City, Village: reused 'in a cowshed' (MAMA), as a trough.

Original location: Unknown: necropolis

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

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εἰς ἣν σορὸν ταφήσομαι ἐγώ τε ὁ Μελ-
τινιανὸς καὶ τὰ γνήσιά μου παιδία
εἰ δὲ ἕτερός τις βουληθείη ἐνθάψαι
τινά δώσει προστείμου τῇ θεῷ
5 ( vac. 7) Ἀφροδείτῃ (δηνάρια) ͵ε

Diplomatic

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ΕΙΣΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΤΑΦΗΣΟΜΑΙΕΓΩΤΕΟΜΕΛ
ΤΙΝΙΑΝΟΣΚΑΙΤΑΓΝΗΣΙΑΜΟΥΠΑΙΔΙΑ
ΕΙΔΕΕΤΕΡΟΣΤΙΣΒΟΥΛΗΘΕΙΗΕΝΘΑΨΑΙ
ΤΙΝΑΔΩΣΕΙΠΡΟΣΤΕΙΜΟΥΤΗΘΕΩ
5              ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗ 𐆖 ͵Ε

Bibliography

Transcription: Calder, 1934; New York University expedition 81.60, Sarcophagus 44

Publication: MAMA 8 595 , whence Robert, Hellenica XIII 218-221 , Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique 1966.413 , McCabe, PHI, 1996507 ; IAph2007 11.43.

Images

Fig. 1. Detail (M. Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 2. View (M. Roueché, 1980)