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237. Epitaph of Epiphanius, bull-rearer

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


Description

  • Monument: A white marble panel (0.46 × 0.34 × 0.13) with worn edges; only the right side survives intact. A groove has been cut in the back.
  • Text: Cut on the face.
  • Letters: lunate, irregular, but carefully cut, av. 0.03.
  • Date: Probably fifth/sixth century (lettering).

Text [Font help][Conventions]

  cross ἐνθάδε κα -
  τάκιτε Ἐπι -
  φάνις ταυρ -
  ωτρόφος

Translation

Here lies Epiphani[o]s, bull-rearer

Photographs

Face (1989)
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Commentary

See discussion at IX.40, and for the phrasing, IX.39.

Locations

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

History

  • Recording: Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1989.
  • Bibliography: Published by •Roueché, PPA 44.
  • Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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