Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

11.56. Funerary inscription for Tiberius Julius ?

Description: White marble block (w: 1.00 × h: 0.76 × d: 0.37).

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.045; circular stop.

Date: Early third century CE(?) (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: City, Village: 'in the wall of a sheep-fold' (Bailie) 'Place du marché, devant le nouvel han' (Gaudin); 'in a stable wall in the village' (Calder).

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1978)

Interpretive

ὁ βωμὸς καὶ ἡ ἐπικειμ[ένη σορὸς κατεσκευάσθησαν ---]
ὑπὸ Τιβερίου Ἰουλίου [---]
Ἰουλιανοῦ ((stop)) εἰς ἣν σορ[ὸν ταφήσονται ὁ πατὴρ ---]
βιανὸς ((scroll)) καὶ Οὐλπία ((stop)) Κ[---]
5 αὐτοῦ ἕτερος δὲ οὐ[δεὶς ἕξει ἐξουσίαν ---]
αὐτήν ((stop)) ἐὰν δέ τις ἐπ[ιχειρήσῃ ἐνθάψαι ἢ ἐκθάψαι τινὰ]
τῶν ἐνκηδευθησο̣[μένων σωματείων ἢ ---]
τῶν διατεταγμένω̣[ν ---]
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Diplomatic

ΟΒΩΜΟΣΚΑΙΗΕΠΙΚΕΙΜ[.......................---]
ΥΠΟΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ[---]
ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΕΙΣΗΝΣΟΡ[..................---]
ΒΙΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΟΥΛΠΙΑ Κ[---]
5ΑΥΤΟΥΕΤΕΡΟΣΔΕΟΥ[................---]
ΑΥΤΗΝ ΕΑΝΔΕΤΙΣΕΠ[...........................]
ΤΩΝΕΝΚΗΔΕΥΘΗΣ.[...............---]
ΤΩΝΔΙΑΤΕΤΑΓΜΕΝ.[.---]
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Bibliography

Transcription: Fellows, 1840; Bailie, 1842 ?took a squeeze (expressi); Sterrett, 1884; Kubitschek, June 1893 xxx; Calder, 1934; New York University expedition.

Publication: Fellows, 1841 59 , whence CIG II.3, 1843 2832b (p. 1116), Bailie, 1846 84; Sterrett, 1888 10 ; Reinach, 1906 170 ; MAMA 8 551 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 492 ; IAph2007 11.56.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1973)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1978)