Description: White marble garland sarcophagus; for further description see Işık 156.
Text: On the sarcophagus, line 1 along the upper rim, lines 2, 3 on the lower moulding (both areas damaged). The text must have begun on the lid.
Letters: Quite well designed, cut and aligned, in the second-to-fourth century style. Ligatured HN (line 1), THN (line 2). Unconventional spelling in line 2.
Date: Perhaps the first half of the third century . (lettering, spelling, nomenclature)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis, North-east: 'On a field path south of Geyre and Eymir' (Reichel)
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot
Apparatus
1: ΚΑΜΙΙΣΗΝΟΣ Reichel, 1893
2: The photograph suggests letters (perhaps illusory) at the beginning where Reichel shows none
3: ΝΕΛΙΟΝΗ Reichel, 1893 where C. suggested that Μελτίνη was possible, and strongly indicated either that or Μελτήνη ; ΛΙ[ .. ]Τ̣Ι̣ΑΙ Reichel, 1893 C. suggested θρεπταί, which seems in sufficient accord with the drawing to be accepted; at the end [κηδ]ε̣υ̣[θήσονται] is
likely
Translation
{?The sarcophagus and other burial places belong to - - ? - - ], in which sarcophagus shall be placed Polydeukes ?Kamisenos (or of Kamisa) son of Salvios the son of Onesimos the son of Alexandros the son of Adrastos Salvios, his foster-brother; and in the burial-places below Aurelia ?Meltine and Aurelia Artemidora, whom he fostered and freed [?shall be buried].
Bibliography
Transcription: Reichel, 1893 R.I.30, Abklatsch 42; New York University expedition by Işık
Publication: Cormack, 1964 41 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 529 ; Reynolds, 2007 156 , with a photograph; IAph2007 13.150.
Images
Fig. 1. Reichel I, 30