Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

14.11. Funerary formula for Valeria Claudia Aurelia Kaste

Description: A sarcophagus lid (w: 2.06 × d: 0.85).

Text: Inscribed along the rim; the text is interrupted by supports.

Letters: 'verstümmelt'; 0.016-0.02.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (nomenclature)

Findspot: On the road from Karaçasu to Geyre in Kavakli-Kavessi: Behind the coffee house, re-used in a fountain.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (1893)

Interpretive

[ἡ σ]ο̣ρ̣ό̣ς̣ ἐστιν̣ Οὐα(λερίας) Κλ(αυδίας) Αὐρ(ηλίας) Κ̣άσ̣τ[ης ἐ]ν̣ ᾗ̣ κ̣ε̣κ̣ηδε[υ]ται Αὐρ(ηλία) Ἀπφ[ία ἡ] [θρε-]
ψαμένη αὐτὴν κ( vac. )ηδευθήσεται δὲ καὶ ἡ Κάστα ( vac. ) καὶ οὓς ἂν αὐτὴ
[βουληθῇ ἕτερος] ( vac. ) δ̣ὲ̣ [οὐδεὶς ἕξει ἐξουσίαν ἐν]( vac. )θά̣ψα̣ι̣ τ̣[ινὰ ---]

Diplomatic

[..]....ΕΣΤΙ.ΟΥΑΚΛΑΥΡ.Α.Τ[...].....ΗΔΕ[.]ΤΑΙΑΥΡΑΠΦ[...][...-]
ΨΑΜΕΝΗΑΥΤΗΝΚ      ΗΔΕΥΘΗΣΕΤΑΙΔΕΚΑΙΗΚΑΣΤΑ      ΚΑΙΟΥΣΑΝΑΥΤΗ
[.............]      ..[....................]      Θ.Ψ...[...---]

Translation

No translation yet (2007)

Bibliography

Transcription: Kubitschek, June 1893 K.III.3

Publication: Cormack, 1964 3 , whence McCabe, PHI, 1996 515 ; IAph2007 14.11.

Images

Fig. 1. Kubitschek notebook III, 3


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