Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004


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151. Epitaph of M. Aur. Leontius Auchenius and M. Aur. Papias Polychronius

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Text

Ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ περ̣ι̣κ̣ί̣μ̣ε -
ν̣ος τόπ̣ος τού -
τω̣ μνημείῳ ἐ -
στὶν Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Λεοντ -
5 ήου Αὐχενίου
διδασκάλου
φίλων καὶ
Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Παπα -
<α>ίου Πολυχρ̣[ο] -
10 νίου διοικη -
τοῦ Παπίου πο -
λιτευομένου.

Translation

The sarcophagus, and the area surrounding this memorial, is (the property of) M. Aurelius Leontius Auchenius, teacher of friends, and M. Aurelius Papaeus Polychronius, steward of Papias, curialis.

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Commentary

The principal indication of date is the title of Papias' master; see discussion at IX.11.

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