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
Transcription: New York University expedition, a: 75.238a, b: 75.238b, c: 75.214
Images
Fig. 1. Fragment a. (M. Roueché, 1978)
Fig. 2. Fragments a + b. (M. Roueché, 1980)
Fig. 3. Fragment b. (M. Roueché, 1975)
Fig. 4. Fragment b. (M. Roueché, 1977)
Fig. 5. Fragment c. (M. Roueché, 1975)
Fig. 6. Fragment c. (M. Roueché, 1977)