Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

16.201. Fragment

Description: Fragment from the left side of a white marble columnar sarcophagus front; two arcades, with veiled figures, survive No measurements.

Text: Inscribed, line 1, on the upper fascia, which is almost completely lost, and line 2 along the base.

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

Date: First to third centuries CE (lettering)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Stray find?

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Museum (1993)

Interpretive

[---ἐντα?]φθ[έντων?---]
[---]Μ̣Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣ΟΥΙ̣Λ̣Λ̣ΡΩΝΟΣ Ι̣Ι̣ΑΙΙ̣Λ̣Ι̣Ι̣Σ̣[---]

Diplomatic

[---....]ΦΘ[.....---]
[---]....ΟΥ...ΡΩΝΟΣ..ΑΙ.....[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

Perhaps a reference to those buried

Bibliography

Recorded: New York University expedition in 1993.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (Mehmet Ali Döğenci, 1993)