147. Epitaphs of anonymus, tabernarius, and of Euarestus

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Description

• Monument: Upper right corner of a white marble funerary stele (0.43 x 0.47 x 0.10) in the form of an aedicula, with simply moulded gable and plain acroteria, supported on columns with Corinthian capitals. Within the recess is the bust of a boy in relief.
• Text: ii is cut on either side of the bust and is presumably the original inscription of the monument; i is cut in irregular lettering on the gable.
• Letters: i: 0.01-0.02; square sigma and cursive omega; ii: in standard second- or third-century lettering, 0.02-0.025.
• Date: i: Third/fourth century (formulae, penalty); ii Second/third century (lettering)

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Translation

a. [?The memorial belongs to ?Eu]arestus son of Acheus, in which my children [will be buried, but no-one] else [is allowed]; anyone who dares [to bury anyone in it, let him give] to the most sacred treasury a pound of pure bullion.

b. [Here] lies [... c. 4 ...]?tavern-keeper[...]

Photographs

Face (1977)

Commentary

See discussion at IX.6; for the penalty, and its implications for the date, IX.5.

Locations

• Found: Necropolis west of the city walls.
• Original: Unknown.
• Last Recorded: Museum.

History

• Recording: Found by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62. 24).
• Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 147. and plate xxxiv, whence PHI 476, 577.
• Text constituted from: Copies (Reynolds, Roueché).

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