<rs type="textType">Funerary</rs> inscription for Ti. Claudius Achilleus

Joyce M. Reynolds2007

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Unpublished inscription. This version born digital.

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Description of Monument

White marble block (0.85 x 0.58 x 0.55).

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

Poorly designed although deeply cut; l.1, 0.04; l.2, 0.035; l.3, 0.03; lunate sigma, epsilon, omega.

Date

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

Edition Ζῶσιν ὁ πλάτας ἐστιν Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ἀχιλλέως
Translation

They are living. The platform belongs to Ti(berius) Cl(audius) Achilleus ?[ . . .

Commentary

It is not clear from the record whether the text finished at this point, but the plural used in line 1 suggests that at least two persons were named as buried in the tomb concerned.

There is almost certainly a Tib. Claudius Achilleus named in 12.524 (=MAMA 559), where he is the grandfather of the wife of one of those to be buried in what seems to be quite an extensive tomb. It is possible that the Achilleus of 12.714 (=MAMA 570) was another (or became one on enfranchisement by his master, Ti. Cl. Attalos).

Locations

Necropolis, South-east: re-used upside down in a field wall east of the east wall Unknown Findspot

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition (DM; Walls 153).

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Photographs

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