Description: Marble
sarcophagus, and sarcophagus lid:
w: 2.09 × h: 1.13 × d: 0.91.
id with plain roof and akroteria in the form of Psyche and Eros; in the pediments of
the lid phialai; on the front a tabula ansata flanked by two Erotes, two garlands with busts of two men in their swags
(a younger and an older man), and two Nikai;
on the short sides a garland with a gorgoneion in its swag
Text:
Inscribed A on the upper border of the lid (line 1) and in the tabula (lines 2-16);
B in an irregular hand on the lower fascia of the lid.
Letters: 0.02
Date: Third century CE (material context)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Necropolis, South-east area
Original location: Necropolis, South-east area
Last recorded location: Museum
Interpretive
A
Ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ πλάτος καὶ ὁ τόπο[ςc. 15ἐφ᾿]οὗ ἐπίκειται, ἐστὶν Μάρκου
Αὐρηλίου Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ζήνω-
νος τοῦ Πάπου τοῦ Σεβήρου, εἰς ἣν ταφή-
σεται αὐτὸς
5καὶ τὰ τέκνα
αὐτοῦ · ἕτερος
δὲ οὐδεὶς ἕξι
ἐξουσίαν ἐνθά-
ψαι τινὰ ἢ ἐκ-
10θάψαι τινὰ τῶν
προγεγραμμένων,
ἐπὶ ἀποτίσι τῇ συν-
τεχνίᾳ τῶν σκυ-
τέων (δηνάρια) ͵με, ὧν
15τὸ τρίτον ἔστω τοῦ ἐκ-
δικήσαντος B
Diplomatic
A
ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΟΠΛΑΤΟΣΚΑΙΟΤΟΠΟ[.···············...]ΟΥΕΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙΕΣΤΙΝΜΑΡΚΟΥ
ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΖΗΝΩ
ΝΟΣΤΟΥΠΑΠΟΥΤΟΥΣΕΒΗΡΟΥΕΙΣΗΝΤΑΦΗ
ΣΕΤΑΙΑΥΤΟΣ
5ΚΑΙΤΑΤΕΚΝΑ
ΑΥΤΟΥΕΤΕΡΟΣ
ΔΕΟΥΔΕΙΣΕΞΙ
ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝΕΝΘΑ
ΨΑΙΤΙΝΑΗΕΚ
10ΘΑΨΑΙΤΙΝΑΤΩΝ
ΠΡΟΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝΩΝ
ΕΠΙΑΠΟΤΙΣΙΤΗΣΥΝ
ΤΕΧΝΙΑΤΩΝΣΚΥ
ΤΕΩΝ 𐆖 ͵ΜΕΩΝ
15ΤΟΤΡΙΤΟΝΕΣΤΩΤΟΥΕΚ
ΔΙΚΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ B
English translation
Translation source: Chaniotis and Smith, 2016
(A): The sarcophagus and the platform and the place [? -- and the - ] on which it stands, belong to Marcus Aurelius Zenon, son
of Zenon, son of Papos, son of Severus, in which he will be buried himself and his sons. No other person shall have authorisation
to bury someone or to remove someone of the aforementioned, for (otherwise) he shall pay to the professional association of
the leather-workers 4500 denarii, one-third of which shall belong to the vindicator. (B): Of Elpidios.
Bibliography
Transcription: Aphrodisias Museum team in 2006/2007, New York University expedition I-07-17, Sarcophagus 709
Publication: Smith, 2009 330 no. 3 (mention); Chaniotis and Smith, 2016 8, whence SEG 66.1160