Description: Marble plaque, broken on all sides:
w: 0.83 × h: 0.37.
Text:
Inscribed on the front face
Letters: 0.033-0.04
Date: Late third or early fourth century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Necropolis, Valga Mevkii:
built into the interior of a wall in the upper level of an abandoned farmhouse (Eski Ev)
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot
Interpretive
[ἡ ϲορόϲ ἐϲτι καὶ ὁ ὑποκείμ]ε̣νοϲ πλάτηϲ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀμμιαν[οῦ]
[---το]ῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Νηκέρωτοϲ φυλῆ̣[ϲ ---]
[---ἐ]ν ᾧ τόπῳ ἀνέτῳ ὄντι καὶ αὑτοῦ Λ̣[---]
[---μή]κουϲ μὲν ποδῶν ἑπτά, πλάτουϲ δ̣[ὲ ---]
5[---]Ι ποδῶν τεϲϲάρων· εἰϲ ἣν οὐδεὶϲ [---]
[ἕτερος κηδευθήϲεται εἰ μὴ ὁ? ἐνκε?]ίμενοϲ Ἀμμιανὸϲ καὶ Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ζωτ̣[ικὸϲ ---]
[---]ΤΕ̣ΡΟ̣Υ[---]
Diplomatic
[.....................].ΝΟϹΠΛΑΤΗϹΜΑΡΚΟΥΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΥΑΜΜΙΑΝ[..]
[---..]ΥΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΤΟΥΝΗΚΕΡΩΤΟϹΦΥΛ.[.---]
[---.]ΝΩΤΟΠΩΑΝΕΤΩΟΝΤΙΚΑΙΑΥΤΟΥ.[---]
[---..]ΚΟΥϹΜΕΝΠΟΔΩΝΕΠΤΑΠΛΑΤΟΥϹ.[.---]
5[---]ΙΠΟΔΩΝΤΕϹϹΑΡΩΝΕΙϹΗΝΟΥΔΕΙϹ[---]
[...........................]ΙΜΕΝΟϹΑΜΜΙΑΝΟϹΚΑΙΑΥΡΖΩ.[....---]
[---]Τ.Ρ.Υ[---]
English translation
Translation source: Chaniotis, 2012
[The sarcophagus?] and the platform on which it stands belong to Marcus Aurelius Ammianos [son of - -], son of Alexandros,
son of Nikeros, member of the tribe (?) [- -]; in this funerary site, which lies untilled and [- -] with a length of seven
feet, and a width [in the front?] of four feet; in this (sc. sarcophagus) no other person [shall be buried except for] Ammianos
[who is already buried here?] and Aurelius Zotikos [and - -].
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition, A113
Publication: Chaniotis, 2012 20, whence SEG 62.818
