Description: Top left hand corner of a white marble block moulded along the edges (w: 0.42 × h: 0.25 × d: 0.22), broken into two (adjoining) parts.
Text: Inscribed on the face, in the panel inset by the moulding; the text appears to be centred.
Letters: Finely cut, standard forms; line 1, 0.04; line 2, 0.03, lines 3-4, 0.025. Circular stop after ΚΑΡΜ in line 2.
Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)
Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray find.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Museum (1977)
Apparatus
4: The spacing strongly suggests the need for supplements here
5: The spacing suggests supplements here, but καὶ ὑπατικῶν seems too long; perhaps πλείστων?
English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
The [?tomb] belongs to Ulpia Carminia C[laudiane], eminent lady, mother and grandmother of [?knights and] senators, high priestess of Asia [ . . .
Bibliography
Transcription: New York University expedition 72.486
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1972)
Fig. 2. Face (M. Roueché, 1973)
Fig. 3. Face (M. Roueché, 1977)