<rs type="textType"><rs type="textType">Funerary</rs> <rs type="textType">verse</rs></rs> for Zenon son of Artemidoros

Charlotte M. Roueché and Gabriel Bodard2007

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Description of Monument

A white marble stele, slightly damaged (1.42, 0.525, 0.20). There is a pediment above, outlined with moulding and flanked by small acroteria. For a full description see Smith, l.c.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the lower part of the face, 0.54 below the pediment (so presumably below a painted image). The layout is compressed and irregular.

Letters

Second-early 1st century B.C.; 0.01-0.015.

Date

Second to early first century B.C. (monument, lettering)

Edition Ζήνων Ἀρτεμιδώρου ἱερεὺς Διὸς Γονέων Ὀδατις Διονυσίου γυνὴ δὲ Ζήνωνος τοῦτο τὸ λάινον ἕρκος ὁδοίπορε τὸγ καλὸν ἤδη κοῦρον Ζήνωνος Ζηνόβιον κατέχει πεντεκαιεικοσέτης κατέβη δόμον εἰς Ἀχέροντος λείπων ἐν θαλάμῳ τρυχαλέην ἄλοχον τοῦτον Φερσεφόνεια κατήγαγεν εἰς Ἀίδαο μορφῆς καὶ κάλλους εἵνεκε ἐρασσομένη δισσὰ δὲ ἄλγη ἔλειπε κασιγνηταισι φίλαισιν μητρὶ δὲ δειλαίῃ δάκρυα καὶ στεναχάς γίτονα δ' αὐτὸν ἔθεντο κασίγνητοι μέγα πῆμα πατρίδι δ' οὐκ ὀλίγον πένθος ἐνεγκάμενον ἀλλὰ γ' ὁδοιπορίην στήσας ξένε λείβεο κανθὸν δάκρυσι καὶ χαίρειν ἔννεπε τοὺς κατὰ γῆν
Apparatus

verse 5: ΕΝΘΑ v. ΔΑΜΩ[..]ΥΧΑΛΕΗΝ Reynolds; ἔνθα Λάμῳ Jones; ἐν θαλάμῳ Tybout (SEG)

Translation

Zenon, son of Artemidoros, priest of Zeus of the Goneis. Odatis, daughter of Dionysios, wife of Zenon. his stone barrier, traveler, already confines the handsome son of Zenon, Zenobios. At twenty-five he descended to the house of Acheron, leaving here Lamo (?) his care-worn (?) wife. This man Persephone led down to the house of Hades, loving him for his beauty and handsomeness. But he left twin (?) griefs to his dear sisters, and to his unhappy mother tears and groans. Near (?) [to his mother, sc.] did his brothers lay him, a great grief, and bringing no small mourning to his city. But stop your journeying, stranger, moisten your eyes with tears, and speak a greeting to those below earth. (Jones)

Commentary

For a very full commentary see Jones loc. cit. below, with further comments in SEG.

Locations

Necropolis, South-west, brought in from the fields some kilometers south west of the city, towards Bingeç. Unknown Museum (1990)

Text Constituted From

Τranscription (Reynolds); publications.

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1990 (90.16; museum inv. no. 5677).

Bibliography

Published by C. P. Jones and R. R. R. Smith, 'Two inscribed monuments of Aphrodisias', Arch. Anz. (1994), 455-72, 455-61, whence SEG 1994.865, BullEp. 1995.514, Steinepigramme 02/09/33; discussed by K.J. Rigsby, ZPE 1333 (2000), 114-115, whence SEG 2000.1099.

Photographs

Face (1990)
Detail (1990)
Detail (1990)