Description: Upper right corner of a white marble funerary stele (w: 0.47 × h: 0.43 × d: 0.10) in the form of an aedicula, with simply moulded gable and plain acroteria, supported on columns with Corinthian capitals. Within the recess is the bust of a boy in relief.

Text: ii is cut on either side of the bust and is presumably the original inscription of the monument; i is cut in irregular lettering on the gable.

Letters: i. 0.01-0.02; square sigma and cursive omega; ii. in standard second- or third-century lettering, 0.02-0.025.

Date: i. Third/fourth century; ii. Second/third century (formulae, penalty, lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis, South-west area, west of the city walls

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum

English translation

Translation source: ALA 2004

(a): [The memorial belongs to ? Eu?]arestos son of Acheos, in which my children [will be buried, but no-one] else [is allowed]; anyone who dares [to bury anyone in it, let him give] to the most sacred treasury a pound of pure bullion.

(b): [Here] lies [c. 4] tavern-keeper(?) [------]

English translation

Translation source: Smith, 2006

(a): [The memorial belongs to ? Eu?]arestus son of Acheus, in which my children [will be buried, but no-one] else [is allowed; anyone who] dares [to bury anyone in it, let him give] to the most sacred treasury a pound of pure bullion.

(b): [Here] lies [ . . . ]os ?tavern-keeper [------]

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