i: Funerary inscription and ii: consolatory decree
created: Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publications.
source date: Second to third centuries CE
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[...]ΚΑΠΕΘΕΝΤΑ κατὰ τὰς δοθείσας αὐτῷ ὑπὸ [...] τετράκι τοῦ Ὑψικλέους τῶν τόπων συνχωρήσεις διὰ τοῦ χρεοφυλακίου ὧν ἐν μὲν τῇ σορῷ τέθαπται Ἀριστοκλῆς Ἀριστοκλέους τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Θεαιτήτου ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ταφήσονται δὲ Ἀριστοκλῆς ὁ καὶ Ζήνων καὶ Ἄπφιον Ἀ[...] τοῦ Ἡρώδου ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν δὲ ταῖς εἰσώσταις ταφήσονται Μένιππός τε Ἀριστοκλέους τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Θεαιτήτου καὶ οὓς ἂν Ζήνων ὁ καὶ Ἀριστοκλῆς καὶ Μένιππος ὁ προδηλούμενος βουληθῶσιν ταύτης τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς ἀπετέθη ἀντίγραφον εἰς τὸ χρεοφυλάκιον ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου τὸ δ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ὑψικλέους [...] μηνὸς Ἰουλιήου

[...] τοῦ Γορτυνίου τοῦ Ἀριστοκλέους [...] ἤθει καὶ σεμνότητι βίου ὑπερβεβληκὼς πρὸ ὥρας ἄρτι τετελεύτηκεν προσήκει δὲ τοὺς συνγενεῖς τῶν τετελευτηκότων παραμυθεῖσθαι [...] φιλτάτων ἀποβολῆς διὰ ταῦτα δεδόχθαι τετειμῆσθαι μὲν καὶ μετηλλακχότα ταῖς πρώταις τειμαῖς Ἀριστοκλέα Ἀριστοκλέους τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Θεαιτήτου παραμυθήσασθαι δὲ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ Ἀριστοκλέα ἐπὶ ταῖς τῆς τύχης συμφοραῖς ταῖς τελεσθείσαις Γονεὺς Μητροδόρου τοῦ Γονέως πρῶτος ἄρχων Μᾶρκος Ἰούλιος Πύρρου γραμματεὺς δήμου [...] [...]

[^a1: at i 1: .ΟΥΚΑΙΤΗΟΙΝΙΑΚΑΤΑ | .ΟΥΚΑΙΙΕΘΕΙΙΙΑKATA | ... Ο.ΗΙΑΚΑΤΑ | ΚΑΠΕΘΕΝΤΑΚΑΤΑ]

[^a2: at ii.9: ΤΕ | ΓΕ | ΤΕΛ [at end]]

[^1]: ...] in accordance with the areas ceded [to him by ..?.. son of ..?.., fourth of the name from Hypsikles and recorded in the Property-archive. Of these, Aris[tokles son of Aristokles the] son of Zenon the son of Theaitetos, his son, has been buried in the sarcophagus and [in it also shall be buried Ari]stokles son of Zenon and Apphion daughter of A[..?.. the son of ..?.. the son of] Herodes, his wife; and in the [subsisiary burial places shall be buried Me]nippos son of Aristokles the son of Ze[non the son of Theaitetos] and whomsoever Zenon and Aristokles and the afore]mentioned Menippos wish. A copy [of this inscription was deposited in the Property-Archive in the] fourth stephanephorate of Tiberius Claudius Hypsikles [ ..?..] in the month of July.

[^1: i]

[^2]:[Decree of the Council? and of the People? . . . and of? ... ?the son] of Gortynios the son of Aristokles [ since ..?.. a man] out[standing . . . ] in character and respectability of life [ has just] died [prematurely], it is fitting to console [the parents of those who have died, grieving for the] loss of their loved ones. For this reason [it was agreed that Aristo]kles son of Aristokles son of Ze[non ?son of Theaitetos] should be honoured even after death with [the first honours] and his father [Aristokles] should be offered consolation for the accidents of fate which have occurred. Goneus son of Metrodoros son of Go[neus being first archon], M(arcus) Iulius Pyrros being secretary [of the People]

[^2: ii]

[...] 13v and 53; [...] 24; [...] (? a squeeze); [...]; [...] (b); [...] xxx; [...] 130; [...]; [...] in 1973

[...], 2836 and 2776 ; [...], 52 and 28 , whence [...] p. 1111, [...] 55 (ii) ; [...], 1633 (i and ii); [...] 428-429 (ii), , whence [...] 102; [...], 11i and ii (mention); [...] 541 (i) and 409 (ii), whence [...] 208, 231 (ii lines 3-4, 9), [...] 1966.383 , [...] 427 and 22 ; [...] 12.19.