162. Funerary verse for Arcimus Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

A white marble panel (0.43 × 0.33 × 0.05), chipped at sides and broken at upper left corner.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Description of Letters

Clear, irregular. av. 0.04.

Date

Fifth-sixth century (lettering, metre).

Edition κὲ ἐν ἔργοιςκὲ ἐν πᾶσι τιμητὸν βίονκατέλιπενἌρκιμος ὁ Δαμοχάριδος
Apparatus

l. 2/3: τιμῇ τὸν ALA; τιμητὸν Feissel (1991).

Translation He left a life distinguished both in works and in all things, Arcimus son of Damocharis.
Commentary

The first four lines are in verse. See discussion at IX.26, and, for verse inscriptions, IX.15.

Found

North Odeon: in the top soil.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1968 (68.321).

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 162, whence PHI 729.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

Face (1977)

Category of Text

funerary; verse.

Category of Monument

plaque