Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

13.613. Funerary inscription for [---] descendant of Typhon(?) son of Hypsikles

Description: Right end of a white marble sarcophagus lid broken in two (w: 1.30 × h: 0.76 × d: 0.17).

Text: Inscribed on the moulded edge which is badly worn.

Letters: 0.02.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Necropolis, West area: on the s. side of the field wall n. of the road to New Geyre.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1976)

Interpretive

[..]Τ̣ΟΥΤΥ[.]ΟΝΟΣ τοῦ Ὑψικ̣λ̣[έους]
[..] ὑπὸ Αὐ( vac. 3)ρηλίας Ἀμμίας τὴν̣
[c. 4] ( vac. 3) περὶ αὐτοῦ ΔΙ̣
[... χρ]ε̣ο̣( vac. 3)φυλάκιον ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ σ̣τ̣ε̣-
[φανηφόρου ---]

Diplomatic

[··].ΟΥΤΥ[·]ΟΝΟΣΤΟΥΥΨΙ..[....]
[··]ΥΠΟΑΥ      ΡΗΛΙΑΣΑΜΜΙΑΣΤΗ.
[····]      ΠΕΡΙΑΥΤΟΥΔ.
[···..]..      ΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝ......
[.........---]

Apparatus

1: τοῦ Τυφῶνος (?)

Translation

The platform and the sarcophagus [---] Aurelia Ammia [---] Property-archive when the ste[phanephoros was . . . ]

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition West Cemetery 5

Publication: IAph2007 13.613.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1976)