<rs type="textType">Funerary</rs> inscription for Marcus Aurelius Statilius Apollonios

Joyce M. Reynolds2007

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Unpublished inscription. This version born digital.

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Description of Monument

White marble sarcophagus lid (2.11).

Description of Text

Inscribed on the lower edge, which is damaged.

Letters

Standard forms; 0.02

Date

Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)

Edition ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ τόπος ἐστιν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Στατιλίου Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Μενεσθαιος ἰς ἣν κηδευθήσεται αὐτὸς καὶ
Translation

The sarcophagus and the place belong to Marus Aurelius Statilius Apollonios son of Apollonios son of Menestheus, in which he himself will be buried and [ . . .

Commentary

The list was clearly continued on the sarcophagus.It seems probable that the subject was alive at the time of Caracalla's edict, and took the names Marcus and Aurelius on that occasion, but probably had Roman citizenship already (although apparently the father did not). Statilii are known in second century Aphrodisias: cf. 11.46 (=KRC 28).

Locations

Necropolis, North-east Unknown Museum

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds)

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1993/94 (Sarcophagus 421)

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Photographs

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