Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

15.297. Funerary fragment of Marcus Aurelius A[---]

Description: Acroterion fragment from a sarcophagus lid w: 0.32 × h: 0.25 × d: 0.245 with a relief of Ganymede and the eagle, broken away above.

Text: Below, a simple moulding, inscribed in one line on the upper fascia, which is broken to the left and worn to the right.

Letters: Standard forms; 0.02

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray in 1965

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1983)

Interpretive

[--- Μά]ρκου Αὐρ(ηλίου) Α̣ [---]
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Diplomatic

[---..]ΡΚΟΥΑΥΡ.[---]
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Translation

[--- Ma]rcus Aur(elius) A[---]

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition 65.476

Publication: IAph2007 15.297.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1983)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1983)