Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

15.270. Funerary(?) fragment

Description: Lower left hand corner of a white marble stele, with two figures in relief within an inset panel (w: 0.30 × h: 0.34 × d: 0.08).

Text: Inscribed within the panel to left of figures, largely erased.

Letters: 0.015

Date: Perhaps second century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray find in 1964

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1977)

Interpretive

[------]
[---]+
Ι̣[.]ΟΓΥ̣
Χ[..]++
Α[..]Ι̣[..]
5Ο[.]Λ̣Ι̣Σ̣
ΔΙ̣[.]Ι̣+
Β̣[.]Ι̣[.]Γ̣
Α[---]Λ̣
Ρ̣Ι̣Ο̣[.]

Diplomatic

[------]
[---]·
.[·]ΟΓ.
Χ[··]··
Α[··].[··]
5Ο[·]...
Δ.[·].·
.[·].[·].
Α[---].
...[·]

Translation

No words discernible.

Commentary

Possibly funerary, but the text is not decipherable.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 64.497

Publication: IAph2007 15.270.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)