Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

15.311. Funerary fragment; stray and undated

Description: Fragment from the lower edge of a marble sarcophagus front (w: 0.25 × h: 0.12 × d: 0.35).

Text: Inscribed in a single line on the moulding.

Letters: Standard forms, 0.02; ΜΗ in ligature.

Date: Perhaps second century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray in 1979.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1980)

Interpretive

[---]Ο̣Σ μηδενὸς ἔ[χοντος ἐχουσίαν ---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΜΗΔΕΝΟΣΕ[..............---]

Translation

[---] no one having [the right to bury anyone else there ---]

Commentary

From a version of the standard text which lists those who may be buried in the tomb and follows the list with a ban on anyone else.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1979 (79.23)

Publication: IAph2007 15.311.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1980)

Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1980)