Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004

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237. Epitaph of Epiphanius, bull-rearer

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

	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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