151. Epitaph of M. Aur. Leontius Auchenius and M. Aur. Papias PolychroniusCharlotte M. Roueché2004
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Description of Monument
White marble garland sarcophagus. See Isik 176 for a full
description.
Description of Text
Inscribed on the tabella (0.195 × 0.345) from which a
previous inscription has been erased. Line 1 on the upper moulding,
lines 2 ff. inscribed within the panel; lines 3-6, 9-12 impinge on the
right moulding. Very worn.
Description of Letters
Irregular and poorly formed, 0.01-0.015; cursive alpha, omega
and mu used sporadically, square sigma.
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.
Commentary
The principal indication of date is the title of Papias'
master; see discussion at IX.11.
Found
Stray find.
Original Location
Unknown.
Last Recorded Location
Museum.
History of Recording
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 48).
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias
in Late Antiquity no. 151, whence cited, but with the wrong
text, at PHI454; by Reynolds, in F. Isik, Garland Sarcophagi, 176.