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Joyce M. Reynolds2007

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Unpublished inscription. This version born digital

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Description of Monument

White marble block (1.235 × 0.635 × 0.20).

Description of Text

Inscribed at the centre right of one face; from a complex of which this was the right hand element. There is a very slight drafting onto which some letters impinge.

Letters

Standard forms, ave. 0.025

Date

First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).

Edition ἡ σορὸς σὺν τῷ βωμῷ Ἀττάλου τοῦ Μενίππου τοῦ Ἀθηναγόρου ζῇ
Translation

The tomb with the base [...] of Attalos son of Menippos [...] of Athenagoras. He lives.

Commentary

The names are all standard at Aphrodisias: see name index.

Locations

City, Village: stray find from demolished house near SW Sebasteion trench. Unknown Museum (1988)

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds)

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1987 (87.377)

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Photographs

Face (1988)
Detail (1988)