Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

13.404. Funerary inscription for M. Aurelius

Description: White marble sarcophagus lid, broken at the back, damaged in front: w: 2.12 × h: 0.31 × d: 1.22. There are three bands of architectural moulding on the front and short sides; the corner of the left moulded pediment is visible; two unfinished corner akroteria are preserved.

Text: Inscribed on the rim, on two fasciae; K's drawing shows that two pendants interrupt the second line.

Letters: 0.025, except for the initial Η, which is 0.038 (Kubitschek); line 1, 0.025; line 2, 0.02 (Chaniotis)

Date: Early third century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis, South area: 'devant le gymnase, extra muros' (Gaudin); 'Sudseite Aphrodisias AliMullah tarlaosi' (Kubitschek); about 60 metres south of the city wall.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (2007)

Interpretive

ἡ σορὸς καὶ ἡ ὑποκειμένη αὐτῇ εἰσώστη καὶ ὁ τόπος καθ'οὗ ἐ̣πίκει<ν>ται ἡ̣ σ̣ο̣ρ̣ὸς καὶ̣ [ἡ εἰσ]ώστη εἰσὶν
Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου ( vac. 6) Ε̣ὔ̣φρ̣[..] το̣ῦ Ἀδράστου τοῦ Καλλίππου τοῦ Πολυδεύκους

Diplomatic

ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΗΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΑΥΤΗΕΙΣΩΣΤΗΚΑΙΟΤΟΠΟΣΚΑΘΟΥ.ΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ....ΟΣΚΑ.[....]ΩΣΤΗΕΙΣΙΝ
ΜΑΡΚΟΥΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥ            ..Φ.[··]Τ.ΥΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΥΤΟΥΚΑΛΛΙΠΠΟΥΤΟΥΠΟΛΥΔΕΥΚΟΥΣ

Apparatus

Reinach did not detect on Gaudin's squeeze the interruption, in line 2, of two pendants, shown by Kubitschek
1: ΚΑΘΟΥL[ c.20 ]ΩΣΤΗ Gaudin, 1904; καθ' οὗ ἐ[πικείμεναι ἡ σορὸς καὶ ἡ εἰσ]ώστη Reinach, 1906, McCabe, PHI, 1996, IAph2007; ΚΑΘΟΥΣ̣ . ΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙΕΙΣΟΔΟΣΚΑΙ̣ 10 cm. ΩΣΤΗ Kubitschek, June 1893
2: [ c.16 ]ΥΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΥ Gaudin, 1904; | |Ε̣Ι̣Υ̣ΦΡ̣Ι̣. . .ΟΥΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΥ Kubitschek, June 1893; [ . . . . . το]υ Ἀδράστου Reinach, 1906, McCabe, PHI, 1996, IAph2007, Chaniotis, 2012 || ΚΑΛΛΙ[ c.8 ]ΟΥΠΟΛΥΔΕΥΚΟΥΣ Gaudin, 1904; ΚΑΛΛΙ.ΠΠ| |Ο̣Υ̣Π̣[ 13 cm]Ε̣ΥΚΟΥΣ Kubitschek, June 1893; Καλλί[κρατους ?τ]οῦ Πολυδεύκους Reinach, 1906; τοῦ Καλλίππου τοῦ Πολυδεύκους IAph2007

Translation

Translation source: Chaniotis, 2012

The sarcophagus and the niche under it and the place, on which the sarcophagus and the niche are standing, belong to Marcus Aurelius ---, son of Adrastos, son of Kallippos, son of Polydeukes.

Translation

Translation source: IAph2007

The sarcophagus and the burial niche lying below and the place on which the sarcophagus and the niche are located belong to Marcus Aurelius [ . . . .] son of Adrastos son of Kallippos son of Polydeukes.

Bibliography

Transcription: Kubitschek, June 1893 K.III.28, Abklatsch 7; Gaudin, 1904 18; New York University expedition in 2007, D054

Publication: Reinach, 1906 149 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 466 ; IAph2007 13.404; Chaniotis, 2012 6, whence SEG 62.805.

Images

Fig. 1. Kubitschek notebook III, 28

Fig. 2. View (NYU, 2007)


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