Description:
White marble
block with upper corners lost, some damage on all edges and on the face (w: 0.875 × h: 0.675 × d: c. 0.435).
Text:
Ιnscribed on the face, within a drafted margin.
Letters: Early forms; ave. 0.03.
Date: Perhaps first half of the first century CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias:
Necropolis, West area: west side of the west wall just north of the west gate.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot (1990)
Interpretive
[c. 10]Μ̣ΗΣΤΗΣ Ἰάσον[ος τοῦ?]
[c. 8 - 9]ι̣κλέους τοῦ Ἰάσον̣[ος]
[... εἰ]ς τὴν σορόν μου ( vac. 1) μηδεν[ὶ]
ἄ̣λλῳ τεθῆναι ἐξέστω πλὴν
5( vac. 3) ἐμοῦ καὶ Φρυάγματος ( vac. 3)
ἐὰν δέ τις βιάσηται καὶ θῇ τινα
ἀποτεισάτω ((stop)) ἱερὰ Ἀφροδείτῃ [((stop))?]
δηνάρια χίλια ἐξουσίαν ἔχον̣[( vac. 1)?-]
τ̣ος ἐκδικεῖν τῷ βουλομέν[ῳ]
Diplomatic
[··········].ΗΣΤΗΣΙΑΣΟΝ[.....]
[c. 8 - 9].ΚΛΕΟΥΣΤΟΥΙΑΣΟ.[..]
[···..]ΣΤΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΜΟΥ ΜΗΔΕΝ[.]
.ΛΛΩΤΕΘΗΝΑΙΕΞΕΣΤΩΠΛΗΝ
5 ΕΜΟΥΚΑΙΦΡΥΑΓΜΑΤΟΣ
ΕΑΝΔΕΤΙΣΒΙΑΣΗΤΑΙΚΑΙΘΗΤΙΝΑ
ΑΠΟΤΕΙΣΑΤΩ • ΙΕΡΑΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΤΗ[.]
ΔΗΝΑΡΙΑΧΙΛΙΑΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝΕΧΟ.[.-]
.ΟΣΕΚΔΙΚΕΙΝΤΩΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝ[.]
Translation
Mentions of Iason, [-]ikles son of Iason. Then: in my sarcophagus. Let it be possible for no-one else to bury except me and
Phryagma. If anyone should use force and should place anyone, let then pay to sacred Aphrodite 1,000 denarii, anyone who wishes
having authority to prosecute.
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition Walls 164
Publication: IAph2007 13.610.
