<rs type="textType">Funerary</rs> inscription for anonymous

Charlotte M. Roueché and Gabriel Bodard2007

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Originally published in McCabe (1993).

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Description of Monument

White marble sarcophagus ( 2.09 × 0.84 × 0.84) with columnar arcade design. A full length male portrait in the centre, within an arch, is is flanked by two figures on either side. Those on the extreme right and the second from left hold masks; the second from the right holds a lyre; that on the extrme right apparently also holds palms. The columns between the figures uphold a cornice.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the cornice (l. 1) and on the lower moulding (l. 2). The text must have begun on the lid.

Letters

0.012-0.015

Date

Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)

Edition ψηφίσματος οὔτε δι' ἄκτου βουλῆς ἐπεὶ ὁ παρὰ ταῦτά τι ποιήσας ἔστω ἀσεβὴς καὶ τυμβωρύχος καὶ ἀποτεισάτω δηνάρια ὧν τὸ τρίτον ἔσται τοῦ ἐκδικήσαντος τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς ἀντίγραφον ἀπετέθη εἰς τὸ χρεοφυλάκιον ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου
Translation

No translation yet (2007)

Commentary

No commentary yet (2007)

Locations

City, Village: 'In a house yard' (MAMA) Necropolis Museum

Text Constituted From

Preliminary transcription (Reynolds); publication.

History of Recording

Recorded K&R (RI.24); by the MAMA expedition; by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA 8, no. 584, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 550 .

Photographs

View (1968)