Description:
White marble
sarcophagus lid (d), broken away to right.
Text:
Inscribed on the edge, which is interrupted by the vertical projections.
Letters: Standard forms; 0.015-0.02.
Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Necropolis, North-east chamber tomb, 1994.
Original location: Necropolis, North-east: chamber tomb
Last recorded location: Museum
Interpretive
ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ τόπος καθ' οὗ ἐπικεῖται ἐστιν Μάρκου Α[ὐ]ρηλίο[υ Ἑρ-]
μογένους τοῦ Νάρδο(projection)υ εἰς ἣν σορὸν τέθαπται αὐ[τὸς? ---]
αὐτοῦ ταφήσεται δὲ (projection) καὶ Τατιανὸς ὁ προγεγραμμέν[ος? ---]
τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ κ(projection)αὶ οὓς ἄν ζῶν ὁ Τατιανὸς ἢ [---]
5[οὐ]δεὶς ἕξει ἐξουσ(projection)ίαν ἐνθάψαι ἢ ἐκθάψ[αι ---]
Diplomatic
ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΟΤΟΠΟΣΚΑΘΟΥΕΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙΕΣΤΙΝΜΑΡΚΟΥΑ[.]ΡΗΛΙΟ[...-]
ΜΟΓΕΝΟΥΣΤΟΥΝΑΡΔΟ(projection)ΥΕΙΣΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΤΕΘΑΠΤΑΙΑΥ[...---]
ΑΥΤΟΥΤΑΦΗΣΕΤΑΙΔΕ(projection)ΚΑΙΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΣΟΠΡΟΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝ[..---]
ΤΑΤΕΚΝΑΑΥΤΟΥΚ(projection)ΑΙΟΥΣΑΝΖΩΝΟΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΣΗ[---]
5[..]ΔΕΙΣΕΞΕΙΕΞΟΥΣ(projection)ΙΑΝΕΝΘΑΨΑΙΗΕΚΘΑΨ[..---]
Translation
The sarcophagus and the place on which it is placed belongs to Marcus Aurelius Hermogenes son of Nardos, in which sarcophagus
has been buried [ . . .] of him, and will be buried also the aforementioned Tatianos [---] his children, and whomever Tatianos, in his lifetime, [---] no-one will have authority to bury or to exhume [---]
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition in 1994, Sarcophagus 443a
Publication: IAph2007 13.135.
