169. Epitaph of Theodorus, <term lang="lat">ceromatitites</term> Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

Plain white marble pillar reshaped as a Moslem tombstone (H. 0.34, W. 0.30)

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Description of Letters

0.0225-0.03.

Date

Fourth century or later (content).

Edition ἔνθα κατάκιτε Θεόδωρος κηροματίτης Ζωητοῦ ἀδελφός.
Translation Here lies Theodore, ceromatites, brother of Zoetus.
Commentary

See IX.41 and for this man's brother see 243 and discussion at IX.43; for the phrasing see IX.39.

Found

Cemeteries: in the wall of the Turkish cemetery.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Findspot.

History of Recording

Recorded by the MAMA expedition; not reported subsequently.

Bibliography

Published by Cormack, MAMA 8, no. 605, from the MAMA records, whence L. Robert, Hellenica 13, 167-170 (discussion), BE 1966.415, published Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 169, PHI 752.

Text Constituted From

Publication.

Representations

No image

Category of Text

funerary.

Category of Monument

stele