Description: Right side of a white marble
block damaged also at the upper and lower right corners (w: 1.02 × h: 0.64 × d: 0.31).
Text:
Inscribed on the exposed face within a moulded panel with narrow rebates along the right and lower edges. The upper edge is
plain, and the opening of the text was presumably cut on the block which adjoined it above.
Letters: Lines 1-14, c.0.033; lines 15-17, c.0.03
Date: Later second to early third century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Walls, East stretch (south part):
on the inside face, very near 12.328
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot
Interpretive
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[c. 18 ὑ]πὸ Νει̣[κομάχου]
[c. 17] ἀ̣ρχιερέως [καὶ ?] ἐν τ[ῇ ..]
[c. 15 Μην]όδοτος Νε[ικο]μάχου
[c. 18]ου ἀρχιερεὺς ταμίας νε-
5 [οποιὸς καὶ? c. 13 ἡ γυν]ὴ̣ τοῦ Νεικομάχου ἀρχιέρεια
[c. 16 τ]οῦ Μηνοδότου καὶ Ἀπφία
[c. 12 ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀρι]σ̣τέρᾳ σορῷ ((stop)) Φλ((stop))(αβία) Σεκούνδιλλα
[c. 14 Μηνο]δ̣ότου ((stop)) καὶ Νεικομαχὶς καὶ Νει-
[κόμαχος? τὰ τέκνα ((stop)) αὐτῶν ἐ]ν αἷς σοροῖς ἀφηρωισμέναις
10[ἑτέρῳ δὲ οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται ἐνθ]ά̣ψαι τινὰ ((stop)) οὐδὲ ἐν ταῖς ὲν τῷ βω-
[μῷ εἰσωσταῖς c. 9 χωρ]ὶς τῶν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ Νεικομα-
[χου δηλουμένων ἐπεὶ ἐ]άν τι παρὰ ταῦτα τολμήσῃ τις εἰσοίσε[ι]
[εἰς τὸν c. 12]Ν̣ (δηνάρια) ((stop)) μύρια τὰ δηλούμενα καὶ διὰ τῆς Ν̣[ει-]
[κομάχου διαθήκης ἐξ]ουσίας οὔσης παντὶ ἐκγδικεῖν ἐπ[ὶ τῷ]
15[τρίτῳ μέρει ταύτης τῆ]ς̣ ἐπιγραφῆς ἀπετέθη ἀντίτυπον [εἰς τὸ]
[χρεοφυλάκιον ἐπὶ Ἱ]ε((stop))ροκλέους τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου μη̣[νὸς?]
[κήδησονται δὲ τ]οῦ ((stop)) ἡρώου ὁ δῆμος καὶ ἡ βουλή̣ [c. 8]
Diplomatic
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[··················.]ΠΟΝΕ.[.......]
[·················].ΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ[...]ΕΝΤ[.··]
[···············...]ΟΔΟΤΟΣΝΕ[...]ΜΑΧΟΥ
[··················]ΟΥΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣΤΑΜΙΑΣΝΕ
5[.........·············....].ΤΟΥΝΕΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΙΑ
[················.]ΟΥΜΗΝΟΔΟΤΟΥΚΑΙΑΠΦΙΑ
[············.........].ΤΕΡΑΣΟΡΩ • ΦΛ • ΣΕΚΟΥΝΔΙΛΛΑ
[··············....].ΟΤΟΥ • ΚΑΙΝΕΙΚΟΜΑΧΙΣΚΑΙΝΕΙ
[.....................]ΝΑΙΣΣΟΡΟΙΣΑΦΗΡΩΙΣΜΕΝΑΙΣ
10[.......................].ΨΑΙΤΙΝΑ • ΟΥΔΕΕΝΤΑΙΣΕΝΤΩΒΩ
[...........·········...]ΙΣΤΩΝΕΝΤΗΔΙΑΘΗΚΗΝΕΙΚΟΜΑ
[..................]ΑΝΤΙΠΑΡΑΤΑΥΤΑΤΟΛΜΗΣΗΤΙΣΕΙΣΟΙΣΕ[.]
[......············]. 𐆖 • ΜΥΡΙΑΤΑΔΗΛΟΥΜΕΝΑΚΑΙΔΙΑΤΗΣ.[..-]
[.................]ΟΥΣΙΑΣΟΥΣΗΣΠΑΝΤΙΕΚΓΔΙΚΕΙΝΕΠ[...]
15[..................].ΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΗΣΑΠΕΤΕΘΗΑΝΤΙΤΥΠΟΝ[.....]
[................]Ε • ΡΟΚΛΕΟΥΣΤΟΥΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥΜ.[...]
[.............]ΟΥ • ΗΡΩΟΥΟΔΗΜΟΣΚΑΙΗΒΟΥΛ.[········]
Apparatus
We have recorded variant readings (we can read slightly more than MAMA), but not variant conjectures.
2: c. 3 ]ΕΝ[ c. 3] MAMA 8
3: Ν[εικο]μάχου MAMA 8
6: ...]ΟΥ MAMA 8
7: ἀρισ]τέρᾳ MAMA 8
8: Μηνοδ]ότου MAMA 8
11: χωρὶ]ς MAMA 8
12: ἐά]ν MAMA 8
13: [εἰς τὸν φίσκον] * μύρια MAMA 8; [εἰς τὸν κυριακὸν φίσκον] * μύρια IAph2007; At the end of the line, τῆς [ .. ] MAMA 8
17: ταύτης] ἐπιγραφῆς MAMA 8
Translation
[The tomb (described in some detail) was built] by Nikomachos [ son of .. ? .. and grandson of .. ? .. ] highpriest, [and]
in [?the right hand sarcophagus ? there has been buried] Menodotos son of Nikomachos [and there will be buried Nikomachos
himself, son of ?, ] high priest, city treasurer, templebuilder [ and .. ? .. the wife of Nikomachos, high priestess [and
.. ? .. ] of the son of Menodotos, and Apphia [ .. ? .. , and] in the left hand sarcophagus Flavia Secundilla [? daughter
of .. ? .. and ? wife] of Menodotos, and Nikomachis and Nikomachos [?their children]. When these sarcophagi have been declared
a Heroon [no-one else shall have the right to] bury anyone in them nor in the burial places in the altar [.. ? .. except]
those [whose names are set out] in the will of Nikomachos [since] if anyone dares anything contrary he shall pay a fine of
10.000 denarii [to the imperial fiscus ] as set out in the [will of Nikomachos] which gives a right to everyone to bring him
to justice to be recompensed with a third of the fine. A copy of [this] inscription was lodged [in the property archive] in
the stephanephorate of Hierokles, son of Apollonios, [month ?]. The People and the Council will have the care of the Heroon.
Bibliography
Transcription: Calder, 1934; New York University expedition in 1989 and again in 1995, when more was exposed.
Publication: MAMA 8 546 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 513 ; IAph2007 12.322.
