Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

13.160. Funerary fragment

Description: Lower left corner of a white marble sarcophagus (w: 0.81 × h: 0.175 × d: 0.55) re-used as a Turkish tombstone; right edge buried.

Text: Inscribed on one face.

Letters: 0.022

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis, North-east: in the Turkish cemetery

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1988)

Interpretive

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[Δη]μ̣ήτριος περὶ ὧν βουλη[θῇ]
ἢ διατάξηται, ἕτερος δὲ οὐ - ( vac. )
δεὶς ἐξουσίαν ἔξει ἐνθάψαι ( vac. )
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Diplomatic

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[..].ΗΤΡΙΟΣΠΕΡΙΩΝΒΟΥΛΗ[..]
ΗΔΙΑΤΑΞΗΤΑΙΕΤΕΡΟΣΔΕΟΥ-       
ΔΕΙΣΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝΕΞΕΙΕΝΘΑΨΑΙ      
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

. . . ] Demetrios about whom he may wish or give instructions, no-one else will have authority to bury [ . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition East Cemetery 4

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1978)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1988)