Description: White marble sarcophagus with lid (2.275 1.545 1.11), decorated with three garlands with busts between, and two standing figures below; for fuller description see bibliography.
Text: It was once inscribed along the edge of the lid, along the upper front edge of the box and on either side of the busts, but the texts have been carefully erased, leaving only a few letters along the front edge.
Letters: 0.02-0.03. Lunate sigma.
Date: Third century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis, South area .
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum (1980)
Translation
None possible.
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition, an accidental find by a villager 71.100, Walls 5
Publication: IAph2007 13.405.ySmith, 2006 Sarcophagus 13 (mention).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1980)