Description: Two joining fragments, and an associable one, from the upper, moulded front of a sarcophagus: a: no edges, (w: 0.28 × h: 0.13 × d: 0.29); b: upper edge survives (w: 0.57 × h: 0.20 × d: 0.23); c: no edges (w: 0.36 × h: 0.26 × d: 0.24).
Text: Inscribed a+b line 1 on the moulding, a+b lines 2-5, and c, below.
Letters: Perhaps third century CE. Lines 1-2, 0.28; lines 3-4, 0.02; line 5, 0.024. Dot for stop.
Date: Third century CE (lettering, nomenclature)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: Walls, South (east part): South Wall excavations, Tr. 3 (a); Mid-area, surface (b); Tr. 4 (c)
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum (1980)
English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
(a+b): . . . no-one else shall have the] right [ to bury in it or to remove any of those buried there . . .] since (whoever does so) shall pay to the most sacred [treasury . . . according to the] concession ?made by Aurelius Artemidoros [ . . .] it was previously shown [ . . .] a copy [ of this inscription was deposited . . .
(c): Not usefully translatable
Bibliography
Recorded: New York University expedition, a: 75.238a, b: 75.238b, c: 75.214
Images
Fig. 1. Fragment a. (Mossman Roueché, 1978)
Fig. 2. Fragments a + b. (Mossman Roueché, 1980)
Fig. 3. Fragment b. (Mossman Roueché, 1975)
Fig. 4. Fragment b. (Mossman Roueché, 1977)
Fig. 5. Fragment c. (Mossman Roueché, 1975)
Fig. 6. Fragment c. (Mossman Roueché, 1977)