Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.198. Sarcophagus text

Description: White marble garland sarcophagus body; w: 2.23 × h: 0.78 × d: 0.86

Text: Inscribed lines 1-13 in the tabula, line 14 on the lower moulding of the tabula, and line 15 along the lower moulding. Lines 14 and 15 are illegible on the photograph, and there may be a further line.

Letters: First to third centuries, standard forms; no measurements

Date: First to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray find?

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1992)

Interpretive

ΜΑ c. 9
Δ̣ΕΤ̣ c. 8
Ι̣Ο̣Σ̣Ο̣ c. 7
Ι̣Ι̣ΟΠ̣ c. 7
5ΙΩΣ̣ c. 8
ΤΙ̣Ι̣Ι̣Α +++[ἐντα-]
φέν[των] c. 8
ΧΟΝ̣ Ι̣Ο̣ c. 6
ΤΟΝ c. 8
10ΤΩΝ c. 8
ἐπε̣ὶ̣ ὁ̣ τ̣ο̣ύ̣τ̣ω̣ν̣
τ̣ι̣ ποιήσ̣α̣ς ἐ-
<σ>ται ἀσ[εβὴς] ++
c. 13 ΤΟ
15

Diplomatic

ΜΑ·········
.Ε.········
....·······
..Ο.·······
5ΙΩ.········
Τ...Α···[....-]
ΦΕΝ[...]········
ΧΟ...······
ΤΟΝ········
10ΤΩΝ········
ΕΠ.........
..ΠΟΙΗ..ΣΕ
ΤΑΙΑΣ[....]··
·············ΤΟ
15

Apparatus

This text has been read from a photograph, and could certainly be improved

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

Elements of a funerary prohibition

Bibliography

Recorded: New York University expedition in 1992.

Publication: Reynolds, 2007 109, from a photograph.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (NYU, 1992)