Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

11.217. Funerary inscription for Marcus Aurelius Apolloniοs, chief doctor

Description: Left side of a white marble base w: 0.39 × h: 0.16 × d: 0.105 with traces of unidentifiable sculpture on the top.

Text: Inscribed on the face which is broken away at the right side, chipped along the left edge and the bottom.

Letters: 0.015-0.025; lunate sigma, omega

Date: Second to third centuries CE (nomenclature, lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: City, Water Channel area : 'Wa.Ch.IV, Tr.6, in stone wall on the surface'

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

Interpretive

Αὐρ(ηλία) Φλ(αβία) Ἀντ(ωνία) Ἐλπὶς Νεικίο̣[υ φύ]
σει δὲ Εἰταλικοῦ Μᾶρκο[ν Αὐρ(ήλιον) ? .]
Ἀπολλώνιον γ τοῦ Ἀνδρ̣[ωνος]
ἱππικὸν ἀρχιατρὸν τὸν ἑ[αυτῆς]
5 ἄνδρα μνείας χάριν [--- ( vac. 5) ?]

Diplomatic

ΑΥΡΦΛΑΝΤΕΛΠΙΣΝΕΙΚΙ.[...]
ΣΕΙΔΕΕΙΤΑΛΙΚΟΥΜΑΡΚΟ[.....·]
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΝΓΤΟΥΑΝΔ.[....]
ΙΠΠΙΚΟΝΑΡΧΙΑΤΡΟΝΤΟΝΕ[.....]
5ΑΝΔΡΑΜΝΕΙΑΣΧΑΡΙΝ[---.....]

Translation

Aurelia Flavia Antonia Elpis, daughter of Neikias, by birth of Italikos (buried) Marcus Aurelius Apolloniοs son of Andron (son of Andron son of Andron), eques, chief-doctor, her own husband, in memoriam.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 66.102

Publication: Nutton, 1977 2 , whence SEG 27.717 , AE 1977.803 , McCabe, PHI, 1996 444 ; IAph2007 11.217.

Images

Fig. 1. 1.15, 11.219, 11.217 (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, 1966)


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