Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

13.140. Funerary inscription for Aurelius Antonius Demosthenes

Description: Left side fragment from a white marble sarcophagus w: 0.90 × h: 0.45 × d: 0.74, with a reclining figure in the upper left corner

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.025-0.03

Date: Second to third centuries CE (nomenclature)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis, North-east: 'in a field north east of the village' (MAMA)

Original location: Necropolis

Last recorded location: Findspot (1934)

Interpretive

ἡ σορὸς κὲ ἡ ὑποκειμένη ἰσώστη [εἰσὶν --- ἐν ᾗ] [κεκή-]
δευτε Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Δημοσθένης ὁ π̣ρ̣[ογεγραμμένος καὶ ---]
νιανὴ ἡ γυνὴ α̣ὐ̣τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ [καὶ ---]
λιανοῦ ὁ ἀν[εψιὸς? αὐτοῦ? ---]

Diplomatic

ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΕΗΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΙΣΩΣΤΗ[.....---...][....-]
ΔΕΥΤΕΑΥΡΑΝΤΔΗΜΟΣΘΕΝΗΣΟ..[...............---]
ΝΙΑΝΗΗΓΥΝΗ.....[...---]
ΛΙΑΝΟΥΟΑΝ[..........---]

Bibliography

Transcription: Calder, 1934

Publication: MAMA 8 582 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 443 ; IAph2007 13.140.

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