Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

12.632. Funerary fragment

Description: Large white marble crowning block moulded on three sides w: 1.59 × h: 0.29 × d: 1.06.

Text: Inscribed on the front moulding; the text must have continued on the face of the monument which this feature crowned.

Letters: Line 1, 0.028, line 2, 0.025.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, South (east part): in excavation of south wall

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

ἡ σορὸς καὶ αἱ ὑποκείμεναι ἰσῶσται τέσσαρες κα-
τεσκευασμέναι εἰσὶν ὑπὸ Αὐρηλ[ί- ---]

Diplomatic

ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΑΙΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΑΙΙΣΩΣΤΑΙΤΕΣΣΑΡΕΣΚΑ
ΤΕΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΕΝΑΙΕΙΣΙΝΥΠΟΑΥΡΗΛ[..---]

Apparatus

2: Αὐρηλ [ίου or -ίας. or possibly ίων.

Translation

The sarcophagus and the four burial niches lying below were prepared by Aurel[ius or Aureliai or just possibly the Aurelii . . . ]

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition Walls 147

Publication: IAph2007 12.632.

Images

Fig. 1. Left end (M. Roueché, 1983)

Fig. 2. Right end (M. Roueché, 1983)