Description of Monument

A small stele (0.75 × 0.37 × 0.25) with only one prepared face, slightly recessed; above this a rough circle is the only trace of decoration.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the prepared face (prepared area H. 0.39, W. 0.255); the surface is very worn.

Description of Letters

Irregular cursive hand , 0.015-0.02.

Date

Third-fourth century (formulae, penalty).

Edition ὁ τόπος ἐστὶν καὶὁ πλάτας Βίτου μονηρωτικου τοῦΠραυλίου τοῦ καὶ Ἀστερίου κούρσορος τῶνσεμνοτάτων φυλῶν.εἴ τις δὲ βουληθείη Ιχωρὶς γνώσεως ἐμῆς ἐνθάψαι τινὰδώσει τῷ ἱερωτάτῳταμείῳ χρυσοῦλίτραν μίαν.

Apparatus

l. 4: Παυλίου Roueché, ; Πραυλίου cj Feissel (1991).

Translation The place and the platform are (the property) of Vitus son of roticus son of Praulius, also known as Asterius, cursor, of the most revered phylae; if anyone should wish, without my knowledge, to bury anyone in here, he will give to the most sacred treasury one pound of gold.

Commentary

See discussion at IX.10; for the penalty, and its implications for the date, see IX.5.

Found

Stray find.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Found by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, no. 150 and plate xxxvi, whence 517; discussed, Feissel (1991), 375.

Text Constituted From

Copies (Reynolds, Roueché).

Photographs

Face (1978)

Face (1977)

Category of Text

funerary.

Category of Monument

stele.