Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.189. Fragmentary funerary text

Description: White marble fragment of a sarcophagus front showing three figures in a colonnade; no measurements.

Text: Inscribed on upper edge; the text may have started on the lid.

Letters: Standard forms. Second to third centuries, no measurements

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray find?

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1984)

Interpretive

[---]
[---]Δ̣Ι̣Ι̣ΕΝ [.]Ἀφρ[οδείτῃ---]
[---προ]σ̣α̣[πο]τ̣ε̣ι̣σ̣ά̣τω εἰς τειμὰς τῶν Σεβ[αστῶν---]
[---]( vac. )[---]

Diplomatic

[---]
[---]...ΕΝ[·]ΑΦΡ[......---]
[---...]..[..].....ΤΩΕΙΣΤΕΙΜΑΣΤΩΝΣΕΒ[.....---]
[---]     vacat [---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

. . . ] ?Aphrodite [ . . . ] and let him pay in addition for honours (i.e. statues) of the Emperors [ . . .

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition in 1984.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1984)

Fig. 2. Detail (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1984)