Description of Monument

White marble block with upper corners lost, some damage on all edges and on the face (0.875 x 0.675 x c 0.435).

Description of Text

Ιnscribed on the face, within a drafted margin.

Letters

Early forms; ave. 0.03.

Date

Perhaps first half of I cent. A.D. (lettering).

Edition μηστησ Ἰάσονος τοῦ ικλέους τοῦ Ἰάσονος ? εἰς τὴν σορόν μου μηδενὶ ἄλλῳ τεθῆναι ἐξέστω πλὴν ἐμοῦ καὶ Φρυάγματος ἐὰν δέ τις βιάσηται καὶ θῇ τινα ἀποτεισάτω ἱερᾷ Ἀφροδείτῃ δηνάρια χίλια ἐξουσίαν ἔχον τος ἐκδικεῖν τῷ βουλομένῳ

Translation

Mentions of Iason, [-]ikles son of Iason. Then: in my sarcophagus. Let it be possible for no-one else to bury except me and Phryagma. If anyone should use force and should place anyone, let then pay to sacred Aphrodite 1,000 denarii, anyone who wishes having authority to prosecute.

Commentary

The grammar of the last lines is not quite clear: but the curse is very simple, which perhaps fits an early date.? The names are familiar from the mid first century B.C.) ? In line 1, on the face of it -μης would be the end of the wife's name - but this seems to be Φρυάγμα (line 5).

Locations

Necropolis, West: west side of the west wall just north of the west gate. Unknown Findspot (1990)

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 164.

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Photographs

Face (1990)

Face (1990)