<rs type="textType" reg="funerary">Epitaph</rs> of Eutychia

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (2004).

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Description of Monument

White marble panel, broken below (0.44 × 0.21 × 0.03).

Description of Text

Inscribed on the face.

Description of Letters

Poor and unevenly aligned, av. 0.02; from l. 7 the lightly scratched draft which the cutter often failed to follow at all exactly can be seen at many points, enabling us to correct some errors. Cursive forms. In ll. 2 and 4 the crossbar of epsilon is omitted. ΚΕ in l.12.

Date

Fifth/sixth century or later (content, lettering).

Edition ἔνθα κατάκιτεΕὐτυχίαγεναμένι θρέψασα κὲ εὐπρεπὲς μετὰ τῶν πεδίων αὐτῆς· Κύριεμνήσθιθιαὐτῆς Κύριε.
Apparatus

l. 6. Misprinted as εὐπε- in ALA.

l. 10. Draft as given, but the mason only cut ΚΥΙΕ.

l. 12. Draft as given, but the mason cut ΥΤΗΣ.

Translation Here lies Eutychia. who was a mother/nurse, and of good repute, with her children. Lord remember her, Lord.
Commentary

See discussion at IX.44.

Locations

Found: Stray find.. Original location: Unknown.. Last recorded location: Museum..

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1984.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias 172, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 747.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

Face (1985)