164. Epitaph of Philosophia

Description

Monument: A ?white marble column (no further description and no dimensions).
Text: On the face of the column.
Letters: Remarkably abundant abbreviations.
Date: AD 551.

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	cross ἐτελιώθι κ(αὶ) ἀνεπάη ὁ μακ[άριος] ὁ κη(δεστής)
	μου Ἀρ(ι)στόλαος [ἰ]νδ(ικτίωνος) α´, μη(νὸς) β´, ιδ´ ἡμέ(ρᾳ) [?πρώ]τῃ cross
	cross ἀνεπάη δὲ κ(αὶ) ἡ τρισεύμοιρος ἡ μακαρ(ία)
	ἡ γεναμέ(νη) κυρὰ τῶν ὧδε, ἡ κηδεστρία μου
5	Θεοδωρήτα ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) δ´, μη(νὸς) δ´, ιγ´ ἡμέ(ρᾳ) ἕκτῃ cross
	cross ἐτέχθη ἡ κυρὰ Φιλοσοφία ἡ θυγάτηρ
	μὲν Ἀριστολάου κ(αὶ) Θεοδωρήτας τῶν μα-
	καρ(ίων), γαμε(τὴ) δὲ γεναμέ(νη) γνησία ἐμοῦ Ἰωάννου
	Φιλαδέλφου, ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιε´, μη(νὸς) δ´, ε´, ὑπ(ατείας) Ῥουστικίου, καὶ
10	ἔζησεν, ἐξεβίου <ου> ἄχρι ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιδ´, μη(νὸς) ζ´, κ´, ἡμέ(ρα)
	τετράδι, βασιλίας τοῦ θ[ι]οτά(του) κ(αὶ) εὐσεβε(στάτου) ἡμῶν
	δεσπό(του) Φλ(αουίου) Ἰουστινια[ν]οῦ ἔτους κε´, μ(ε)τ(ὰ) ὑπ(ατείαν) Φλ(αουίου) Βασι(λίου)
	ἔτους ι´. χρὴ οὖν εἰδένε τοὺς ζῶντας ὡς
	ἔζησεν ἡ μακαρί[α] Φιλοσοφία τὰ πά(ντα) ἔτη
15	κθ´ μῆ(νας) β´, ἡ[μέ(ρας) ?ιε´. δεχ]έσθω οὖν αὐτῶ(ν) τὰ ψυχία
	[?ὁ Θ(εό)ς, κ(αὶ)] ἐῶ[να] ταῖς ψυχε͂ς αὐτῶν
	vac. χαρίσε cross

Translation

Aristolaus, my father-in-law, of blessed memory, died and entered his rest in indiction 1, month 2, day 14, a [?Sun]day (or [?Fri]day.)

The thrice fortunate, of blessed memory, who was lady of these here, my mother-in-law, Theodoreta, also entered her rest in indiction 4, month 4, day 13, a Friday.

The lady Philosophia, the daughter of Aristolaus and Theodoreta of blessed memory, who became acknowledged wife to me, John Philadelphus, was born in indiction 15. month 4, day 5, in the consulate of Rusticius and lived her full span until indiction 14. month 7, day 20, a Wednesday, year 25 of the reign of our most sacred and pious master. Flavius Justinian, and year 10 after the consulate of Flavius Basilius. So the living should know that Philosophia, of blessed memory, lived in all 29 years, 2 months, [?15] days. So may [God] receive their souls, [and] grant eternity to their spirits.

Apparatus

l.10. ἐξεβίου Reinach, ἐξ ἐκείνου Grégoire.

l.15. εσθ(ου)ν Reinach wrote [Δεχ]έσθω θ(εὸ)ς ὀ͂ν, but Grégoire's[Δεχ]έσθω ὀ͂ν seems preferable.

l.16. [καὶ ζωὴν εἰς Reinach:ὁ θ(εὸ)ς κ(αὶ)] Grégoire.

Representations

Photograph of squeeze by M. H. Martin, Collège de France.

Commentary

See discussion at IX.30.

Locations

Found: Fields: 'hors des murs, le long de la route, à droite, 20 m. avant la porte Est' (Grégoire interpreted this as meaning 20 minutes, but 20 metres seems more likely).
Original: Unknown.
Last Recorded: Findspot.

History

Recording: Recorded by Gaudin (46); not reported subsequently.
Bibliography: Published by Reinach, no. 203, from Gaudin, whence Grégoire, IGC 255; by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 164 and plate xxxviii, whence PHI 742 . Discussed by D. Feissel, ‘Une épitaphe d'Aphrodisias et le calendrier de la province d'Asie au Bas-Empire', BCH 119 1995, 375-79.
Text constituted from: Publications; squeeze.

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