Description of Monument

A white marble column (no further description and no dimensions).

Description of Text

On the face of the column.

Description of Letters

Remarkably abundant abbreviations.

Date

AD 551.

Edition ἐτελιώθι καὶ ἀνεπάη ὁ μακάριος ὁ κηδεστήςμου Ἀριστόλαος ἰνδικτίωνος α, μηνὸς β, ιδ ἡμέρᾳ πρώτῃ ἀνεπάη δὲ καὶ ἡ τρισεύμοιρος ἡ μακαρίαἡ γεναμένη κυρὰ τῶν ὧδε, ἡ κηδεστρία μουΘεοδωρήτα ἰνδικτίωνος δ, μηνὸς δ, ιγ ἡμέρᾳ ἕκτῃ ἐτέχθη ἡ κυρὰ Φιλοσοφία ἡ θυγάτηρμὲν Ἀριστολάου καὶ Θεοδωρήτας τῶν μακαρίων, γαμετὴ δὲ γεναμένη γνησία ἐμοῦ ἸωάννουΦιλαδέλφου, ἰνδικτίωνος ιε, μηνὸς δ, ε, ὑπατείας Ῥουστικίου, καὶἔζησεν, ἐξεβίου ου ἄχρι ἰνδικτίωνος ιδ, μηνὸς ζ, κ, ἡμέρατετράδι, βασιλίας τοῦ θιοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶνδεσπότου Φλαουίου Ἰουστινιανοῦ ἔτους κε, μετὰ ὑπατείαν Φλαουίου Βασιλίουἔτους ι. χρὴ οὖν εἰδένε τοὺς ζῶντας ὡςἔζησεν ἡ μακαρία Φιλοσοφία τὰ πάντα ἔτηκθ μῆνας β, ἡμέρας ιε. δεχέσθω οὖν αὐτῶν τὰ ψυχίαὁ Θεός, καὶ ἐῶνα ταῖς ψυχε͂ς αὐτῶν χαρίσε

Apparatus

l.10. ἐξεβίου Reinach, ἐξ ἐκείνου Grégoire.

l.15. εσθουν Reinach wrote Δεχέσθω θεὸς ὀ͂ν, but Grégoire'sΔεχέσθω ὀ͂ν seems preferable.

l.16. καὶ ζωὴν εἰς Reinach:ὁ θεὸς καὶ Grégoire.

Translation Aristolaus, my father-in-law, of blessed memory, died and entered his rest in indiction 1, month 2, day 14, a Sunday or Friday. The thrice fortunate, of blessed memory, who was lady of these here, my mother-in-law, Theodoreta, also entered her rest in indiction 4, month 4, day 13, a Friday. The lady Philosophia, the daughter of Aristolaus and Theodoreta of blessed memory, who became acknowledged wife to me, John Philadelphus, was born in indiction 15. month 4, day 5, in the consulate of Rusticius and lived her full span until indiction 14. month 7, day 20, a Wednesday, year 25 of the reign of our most sacred and pious master. Flavius Justinian, and year 10 after the consulate of Flavius Basilius. So the living should know that Philosophia, of blessed memory, lived in all 29 years, 2 months, 15 days. So may God receive their souls, and grant eternity to their spirits.

Commentary

See discussion at IX.30.

Found

Fields: 'hors des murs, le long de la route, à droite, 20 m. avant la porte Est' (Grégoire interpreted this as meaning 20 minutes, but 20 metres seems more likely).

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Findspot.

History of Recording

Recorded by Gaudin (46); not reported subsequently.

Bibliography

Published by Reinach, no. 203, from Gaudin, whence Grégoire, 255; by Roueché, no. 164 and plate xxxviii, whence 742 . Discussed by D. Feissel, ‘Une épitaphe d'Aphrodisias et le calendrier de la province d'Asie au Bas-Empire', 119 1995, 375-79.

Text Constituted From

Publications; squeeze.

Representations

Photograph of squeeze by M. H. Martin, Collège de France.

Category of Text

funerary.

Category of Monument

column.