Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.321. Funerary inscription for Theseus

Description: White marble fragment probably from the upper left corner of a panel or sarcophagus front ( 0.74 0.19 x depth not measurable)

Text: Inscribed on the exposed face.

Letters: 0.018-0.02

Date: ?Second century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: 'Havouz (bassin), place du marché' (Gaudin); Walls, East stretch (south part), built into a wall by the entrance to the school (NYU)

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1975)

Interpretive

( vac. 1) τοῦ πλάτα καταβαινόντων τὰ ΕΝ[---]
τὸ ἥμισυ μέρος σὺν ταῖς ἰσώσταις ἐστὶ̣[ν---]
Θησέως καὶ κληρονόμων αὐτοῦ κατ̣[ὰ? τὴν γενομένην]
α̣ὐτῷ συνχώρησιν διὰ τοῦ χρεο̣φ̣υ̣[λακίου ---]
5[c. 6]Τ̣Ο̣Τ̣[c. 5]Τ̣Ι̣Ο̣Γ̣Ο̣[---]
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5

Diplomatic

  ΤΟΥΠΛΑΤΑΚΑΤΑΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΩΝΤΑΕΝ[---]
ΤΟΗΜΙΣΥΜΕΡΟΣΣΥΝΤΑΙΣΙΣΩΣΤΑΙΣΕΣΤ.[.---]
ΘΗΣΕΩΣΚΑΙΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΩΝΑΥΤΟΥΚΑ.[.............]
.ΥΤΩΣΥΝΧΩΡΗΣΙΝΔΙΑΤΟΥΧΡΕ...[......---]
5[······]...[·····].....[---]
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5

Apparatus

1: ἐν[δέξια?] Reinach, 1906
2: ἐστὶ[ν] Reinach, 1906
3: γενομένην Reinach, 1906 perhaps δοθεῖσαν? with the name of the donor?
4: [α]ὐτῷ Reinach, 1906
5: Traces of letters from Kubitschek's copy

Translation

Of the platform of ?those descending [---] the half part, with the burial niches is [the property . . . ] of Theseus and his heirs [ . . . .] to him permission through the property-archive [---]

Bibliography

Transcription: Kubitschek, June 1893, K.III.59; Gaudin, 1904, 121; New York University expedition in 1975

Publication: Reinach, 1906 166 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 537 ; IAph2007 12.321.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1975)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1975)

Fig. 3. Kubitschek notebook III, 59