Description: Marble sarcophagus, with lid and chest surviving; the lid has a shallow pitched roof and small, round, uncarved akroteria, two crown akroteria, and one corner akroterion; molded pediments with phialai motifs on both short sides (w: 2.56 × h: 0.38 × d: 1.25) The chest, which is fluted, has been cut down; on the front is a central tabula framed by scrolls and vertical flutes filling the space;there are vertical flutes on short sides (w: 2.56 × h: 0.54 × d: 1.22).
Text: Inscribed, a on the lid, on the lower moulding and under the moulding; b: on the tabula, the text subsequently erased, so that only part of the last line is visible.
Letters: a: 0.02, b: 0.03
Date: Mid second to mid third century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis, North-east, just east of the site entrance road
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Museum
English translation
Translation source: Chaniotis, 2012
(a): [This sarcophagus belongs] to Marcus Aurelius Alexandros, son of Alexandros, son of Athenodoros, having bought it from Marcus Aurelius Antonius Politianos Panaristos; in this sarcophagus is buried Aurelia Elpis, his mother.
French translation
Translation source: AE
(a): Ce sarcophage, qu'il a acheté à M. Aurelius Antonius Panaristos, appartient à M. Aurelius Alexandre, fils d'Alexandre petit-fils d'Athenodoros ; dans celui-ci est ensevelie Aurelia Elpis, sa mère.
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition I 07.30, D131,
Publication: Chaniotis, 2012 5, whence SEG 62.804, AE 2012.1544 (a)
Images
Fig. 1. a: View of lid (NYU, 2007)
Fig. 2. b: View of body (NYU, 2008)
Fig. 3. b: Face of body (NYU, 2008)