168. Epitaph of Cyriacus, priest Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

Fragment from a white marble sarcophagus, broken above and below (0.17 × 0.65 × 0.37), with a tabella ansata in light relief on the front.

Description of Text

Inscribed within the tabella.

Description of Letters

Lunate; 0.015-0.03.

Date

Fourth century or later.

Edition ἔνβασεις Κυριακοῦ πρεσβυτέρου.
Translation Coffin of Cyriacus, priest.
Commentary

See discussion at IX.38.

Found

Sebasteion: in a modern stable building near the west end of the complex.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1981 (81. 143, renumbered as 88.15).

Bibliography

Roueché, Aphrodisias 168, and plate xxxix, whence PHI 749.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

Face (1983)

Category of Text

funerary.

Category of Monument

sarcophagus.