Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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152. Epitaph of Victorinus, praefectus vehiculorum
Description
- Monument:
A white marble sarcophagus (H. 0.30, W. 1.80) from which
part of the front and of the lower sides has been carefully removed.
It seems likely, but not certain, that this second inscription should
be associated with the cutting away of the front, although it is
difficult to envisage how the stone was then used - perhaps to support
a coffin?
- Text:
a, not published here, a standard funerary text of the
second century surviving in two lines of the lower part of the
inscribed tabella ansata, and in one line on the lower moulding. b, published here, was cut along the upper edge of the back of the
sarcophagus.
- Letters:
Standard forms, except for cursive omega and
sigma.
- Date:
Late third/early fourth century (titulature).
Text
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ἐνθάδε κεῖτε Βικτωρεῖνος ἀπὸ πρωτηκτόρων ἔπαρχος vac. |
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βεκούλων. |
Translation
Here lies Victorinus, former protector, praefectus vehiculorum.
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Commentary
See discussion at IX.12, and
for the phrasing, IX.39.
Locations
- Found:
Tetrapylon: in the Byzantine cemetery.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
On site.
History
- Recording:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1984.
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias
in Late Antiquity no 152 and plate xxxv, whence PHI 516.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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