Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

15.387. Funerary inscription and relief

Description: Upper part of a small white marble stele (w: 0.315 × h: 0.43 × d: 0.10) with back rounded for insertion into a wall A moulded gable above contains a round shield in relief; below, within a moulded panel, a young male figure in relief, holding a sickle in the left hand; right hand and lower part lost.

Text: Inscribed within the panel to either side of the figure.

Letters: Cursive

Date: Second to third centuries CE (style)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1978)

Interpretive

a (right)
Πανκρά-
της καὶ
Τατία
Μηνο-
5[δότ]ου
[τοῦ?]
[------]
b (left)
ἰδίου τέ-
κνου μνί-
ας χά-
ριν
5ὁ ἄρας
αὐτὸ
[ἀποτί-]
σι [θεᾷ]
[Ἀ]φ-
10[ροδ]ί̣-
[τῃ ---]
[------]

Diplomatic

a (right)
ΠΑΝΚΡΑ
ΤΗΣΚΑΙ
ΤΑΤΙΑ
ΜΗΝΟ
5[...]ΟΥ
[...]
[------]
b (left)
ΙΔΙΟΥΤΕ
ΚΝΟΥΜΝΙ
ΑΣΧΑ
ΡΙΝ
5ΟΑΡΑΣ
ΑΥΤΟ
[.....-]
ΣΙ[...]
[.]Φ
10[...].
[..---]
[------]

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1978, Museum 20

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1978)