Funerary inscription for Marcus Aurelius Epinikos and Aurelia Zenonis and family
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ἡ σορός ἐστιν καὶ αἱ ὑποκειμεναι ἐν τῷ βαθρικῷ ἰσῶσται Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἐπινείκου β τοῦ Μουσαίου ἐν ᾗ σορῷ κηδευθήσονται ὅ τε Ἐπίνεικος καὶ Αὐρηλία Ζηνωνις Ἀδράστου τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Δημητρίου ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ Ἐπίνεικος γ τοῦ Μουσαίου ὁ υἰὸς αὐτῶν καὶ Αὐρήλιος Κλαύδιος Ἐπίνεικος ὁ υἱὸς τεγ[...]θεοσ ὁ ἐγγονος Μάρκου αηρλαγκια νουυἱὸς

ηια[...] ἕτερος δὲ οὐδεὶς ἕξει ἐξουσιαν ἐνθάψαι τινὰ ἐν τῇ σορῷ οὐδὲ ἐκθάψαι σωμάτειον ἐπεὶ ὁ ἐπιχειρήσας ὑπεναντίον τι ποιῆσαι τῶν προγεγραμμένων ἔστωι ἀσεβὴς καὶ ἐπάρατος καὶ τυμβωρύχος καὶ ἀποτείσατω [...]

Ζῶσιν

κὲ αὕτὴ ἡ σορὸς Ἀντωνείνου κὲ [...]

i.a: The sarcophagus and the burial places below it in the base of the monument belong to Marcus Aurelius Epinikos son of Epinikos the son of Mousaios. In this sarcophagus Epinikos and Aurelia Zenonis, daughter of Adrastos the son of Apollonios the son of Demetrius, his wife, will be buried and Epinikos third of the name after Musaios, their son, and Aurelius Claudius Epinikos the son and [...]theus their grandson.

b: No one else will have the right to bury anyone in the sarcophagus nor to remove a body from it; for anyone who undertakes anything contrary to what is written above is to be considered sacrilegious and accursed and a tomb-breaker and is to pay [...]]

c: They are alive

ii: This sarcophagus also belongs to Antoninos and [...]

[...] in 1991/1992, Museum inventory 92/2, whence [...] Sarcophagus 309

Mahir Atici , whence mentioned [...] 45.1506 , [...] 1995.513 ; [...] 118 ; [...] 13.201.