171. Epitaph of John and others Charlotte M. Roueché 2004

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Description of Monument

Left side of a white marble block without moulding (0.28 × 0.18 × 0.20). The left, upper, and lower sides, and the back survive.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face (a) and on the underside (b) suggesting that the face perhaps lay upwards.

Description of Letters

Irregular, clear and tall, 0.025-0.03, cross 0.05; Κ with scroll on lower arm for καὶ.

Date

Fifth-sixth century or later (dating, lettering).

Edition ἰνδικτίωνος ἔνθακατάκειται νδρκαὶ Ἀθανάσιος καὶ Μάξιμος λ καὶ Ἰωάννης τηγ
Translation a. lndiction Here lies and Athanasius and and Maximus b. and John .
Commentary

See discussion at IX.44, and for the phrasing, IX.39.

Found

Stray find.

Original Location

Unknown.

Last Recorded Location

Museum.

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1985 (85.103).

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias 171, whence PHI 748 a.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

a: Face (1985)

b: Face (1985)

Category of Text

funerary.

Category of Monument

masonry block.