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JERA0014

Jerash, Early 2nd century CE. Stele. Epitaph.


Transcription Χαῖρε σοὶ καὶ ὁ ἀναγιγνώσκων· Μᾰρκος Οὔλπιος Σώφρων Σεβαστοῦ ἀπελεύθερος ἐποίησεν Εὐτύχῃ τῷ ἰδίῷ δούλῳ ἀξιῳ γενομένῳ ζήσαντι ἔτη ιθ᾿
Translation Farewell, to you and to the reader, Marcus Ulpius Sophron, imperial freedman made (this) for Eutyches, his own slave, who was worthy of it and who lived 19 years.
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

Χαῖρε σοὶ καὶ ὁ ἀναγιγνώσκων· Μᾰρκος Οὔλπιος Σώφρων Σεβαστοῦ ἀπελεύθερος ἐποίησεν Εὐτύχῃ τῷ ἰδίῷ δούλῳ ἀξιῳ γενομένῳ ζήσαντι ἔτη ιθ᾿

Translation

Farewell, to you and to the reader, Marcus Ulpius Sophron, imperial freedman made (this) for Eutyches, his own slave, who was worthy of it and who lived 19 years.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 101 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 150 CE

Languages

Greek

Dimensions

H: 44 cm; W: 64 cm; D: 10.5 cm

Date

101 CE to 150 CE

Current location

Jordan Museum inv. G 1232

Figures

Triangular tympanum above insciption
Rosette within tympanum

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

Sartre, Maurice, Pierre-Louis Gatier, Nabil Bader, Julien Aliquot, and Jean-Baptiste yon. “Greek Inscriptions in the Jordan Museum.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 58 (2017): 341–50. https://www.academia.edu/82196116/Greek_inscriptions_in_the_Jordan_Museum.

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Source of transcription

Sartre, Maurice, Pierre-Louis Gatier, Nabil Bader, Julien Aliquot, and Jean-Baptiste yon. “Greek Inscriptions in the Jordan Museum.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 58 (2017): 341–50. https://www.academia.edu/82196116/Greek_inscriptions_in_the_Jordan_Museum.

Zotero

Source of translation

Sartre, Maurice, Pierre-Louis Gatier, Nabil Bader, Julien Aliquot, and Jean-Baptiste yon. “Greek Inscriptions in the Jordan Museum.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 58 (2017): 341–50. https://www.academia.edu/82196116/Greek_inscriptions_in_the_Jordan_Museum.

Zotero

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