Epitaph
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source date: Early third century CE
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Ἡ σορὸς καὶ ἡ ὑποκειμένη ἰσώστη καὶ ὁ τόπος καθ᾿ οὗ ἐπίκεινται εἰσὶν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἐπαγάθου τοῦ Μηνοδότου τοῦ Μηνοδότου τοῦ Ἐπαγάθου τοῦ Μηνοδότου τοῦ ΑΠΦΟΙΟΚΕΣΑΒΑΝΟΣ ἐν ᾗ σορῷ κεκήδευται Μηνόδοτος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ· κηδευθήσεται δὲ καὶ Ἐπάγαθος ὁ προγεγραμμένος καὶ Αὐρηλία Ἀτταλὶς ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ· ἕτερος δὲ οὐδεὶς ἕξει ἐξουσίαν ἐνθάψαι τινὰ ἢ ἐκθάψαι τινὰ τῶν ἐνταφέντων οὔτε διὰ ψηφίσματος ἢ ἄκτου βουλῆς ἢ ἐντεύξεως ἡγεμονικῆς ἐπεὶ ὁ παρὰ ταῦτα τι πυήσας ἔστω ἀσεβὴς καὶ ἐπάρατος καὶ τυμβωρύχος καὶ προσαποτείσάτω θεᾷ Ἀφροδείτῃ ἀργυρίου δηνάρια ͵βφ καὶ τῷ κατὰ τόπον ἑκατοντάρχῳ δηνάρια ͵α ὧν τὸ τρίτον ἔστω τοῦ ἐκδικήσαντος· ταύτης τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς ἀντίγραφον ἀπετέθη εἰς τὸ χρεοφυλάκιον ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου τὸ ιϚ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ἀττάλου Ἰουλιανοῦ μηνὸς ζ

The sarcophagus and the niche underneath it and the place on which they stand belong to Marcus Aurelius Epagathos, son of Menodotos, son of Menodotos son of Epagathos, son of [---] in which sarcophagus is buried Menodotos, his son. (Here) will also be buried the aforemantioned Epagathos and his wife, Aurelia Attalis. No other person will have the authorization to bury someone or to remove one of those who have been buried here, by means of a decree, or an act of the council or a gubernatorial petition; for whoever acts against this will be impious and accursed and a tomb robber and will pay, in addition to this, to the Goddess Aphrodite 2,000 silver denarii and to the centurion at the site 1,000 denarii, of which one third belongs to the vindicator. A copy of this inscription was deposited in the registry during the 16th stephanephorate of Tiberius Claudius Attalos Ioulianos, in the seventh month.

Ce sarcophage, la niche au-dessous et l'emplacement qu'ils occupent appartiennent à M. Aurelius Epagathos fils de Menodotos, petit-fils de Menodotos, arrière-petit-fils d'Epagathos, arrière-arrière-petit-fils de Menodotos, de [---]. Dans ce sarcophage est enseveli son fils Menodotos et seront ensevelis Epagathos, mentionné ci-dessus, et sa femme Aurelia Attalis. Personne d'autre ne sera autorisé à ensevelir quelqu'un ou à enlever le corps des personnes déjà ensevelies, que ce soit par décret civique, par décision du Conseil ou par le biais d'une pétition au gouverneur; le contrevenant sera impie, maudit et réputé profanateur de tombe et il versera à la déesse Aphrodite 2500 deniers d'argent et au centurio regionarius 1,000 deniers, dont un tiers ira au plaignant. Une copie de cette inscription a été déposée dans les archives sous Ti. Claudius Attālus Iulius Attalus Iulianus, stéphanèphore pur la 16e fois, au mois 7.

[...], in a rescue excavation in 2004/2005, whence [...] I 06-12, Sarcophagus 458

[...] , whence [...] 63.858, [...] 2013.1575, [...] 2014.428, [...] 2017.33; [...] 5