171. Epitaph of John and others

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Description

• Monument: Left side of a white marble block without moulding (0.28 × 0.18 × 0.20). The left, upper, and lower sides, and the back survive.
• Text: Inscribed on the face (a) and on the underside (b) suggesting that the face perhaps lay upwards.
• Letters: Irregular, clear and tall, 0.025-0.03, cross 0.05; Κ with scroll on lower arm for καὶ.
• Date: Fifth-sixth century or later (dating, lettering).

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Translation

a. ?lndiction [?Here] lies [...] and Atha[?nasius] and [... ?and ?Ma]ximus [...]

b. [...] and John [...].

Photographs

a: Face (1985)	b: Face (1985)

Commentary

See discussion at IX.44, and for the phrasing, IX.39.

Locations

• Found: Stray find.
• Original: Unknown.
• Last Recorded: Museum.

History

• Recording: Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1985 (85.103).
• Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias 171, whence PHI 748 a.
• Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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Description | Text | Translation | Images | Commentary | Location | History