Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

14.14. Epitaph of bishop of Stratonicaea(?)

Description: A marble masonry block, broken above and to right (w: 0.69 × h: 0.32 × d: 0.09).

Text: Inscribed on the face; an iron clamp obscures part of the text.

Letters: 'Schrift tief und bestimmt'; 0.025-0.05: dash for abbreviation; stigma for ΣΤ; at end, Υ above ΤΟ.

Date: Seventh century or later (lettering)

Findspot: Karaçasu: re-used in a fountain: 'Brunnen': 'heute zu einem Brustungsstein umgearbeitet'.

Original location: Unknown.

Last recorded location: Findspot (1893).

Interpretive

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[--- ἐπι]ϲ̣κόπ(ου) Ϲτ[ρ]ατ̣ονικείαϲ το ( vac. 3)
( vac. )

Diplomatic

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[---...].ΚΟΠϹΤ[.]Α.ΟΝΙΚΕΙΑϹΤΟΥ      
     vacat

Translation

[Tomb of so-and -so?] bishop of Stratonicaea.

Bibliography

Transcription: Kubitschek, June 1893 K.III.2, Abklatsch 97.

Publication: Cormack, 1964 2, and p. 18, whence Robert, 1966 381 n. 4; Roueché, ALA 167 ; not in PHI ; ALA 2004 167; IAph2007 14.14.

Images

Fig. 1. Kubitschek, notebook III, 2