Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.199. Funerary fragment

Description: White marble fragment from the upper part of a sarcophagus, front, broken to the sides and below, with the upper edge of the tabula surviving. No measurements.

Text: Inscribed line 1 on the upper edge, lines 2-3 in the tabula

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 (1993)

Interpretive

[Ἡ σ]ορός [ἐσ]τ̣ι̣ν̣ κ̣[αὶ ---]
[---]αὐτὴν̣[---]
[---]Σ̣[---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[..]ΟΡΟΣ[..]....[..---]
[---]ΑΥΤΗ.[---]
[---].[---]
[------]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

Not translatable

Bibliography

Recorded: New York University expedition in 1988.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mossman Roueché, 1988)

Fig. 2. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1993)