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

Joyce M. Reynolds2007

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Originally published in McCabe (1993).

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Description of Monument

White marble sarcophagus with lid (2.275 x 1.545 x 1.11), decorated with three garlands with busts between, and two standing figures below; for fuller description see bibliography.

Description of Text

It was once inscribed along the edge of the lid, along the upper front edge of the box and on either side of the busts, but the texts have been carefully erased, leaving only a few letters along the front edge.

Letters

0.02-0.03. Lunate sigma.

Date

Third century A.D. (lettering).

Edition ΑΛΩ σογ οκλι
Translation

None possible.

Commentary

No comment.

Locations

Necropolis, South . Unknown Museum (1980)

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1971; an accidental find by a villager. (Walls 5, 71.100).

Bibliography

Text unpublished; sarcophagus published most recently by Smith, Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, Sarcophagus 13

Photographs

Face (1980)