Description:
Triangular-headed and tapering stele of white marble,
probably Attic: w:
0.17 x h:
0.58 x d:
0.09-0.06.
Text: Inscribed on one face. There is a wreath with pendent ribbons in the triangle
above the text.
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.02; lunate epsilon and sigma, cursive omega; there is a stop after each word.
Date: Probably first century CE
Findspot:
Apollonia:
Unrecorded. Found probably before 1935.
Original location: Probably from the West Necropolis.
Last recorded location:
Apollonia Museum, 2008.
German translation
Translation source: Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983
Salo des Alexander, 45 (Jahre); Jesus des Alexander, 8 (Jahre); Marin des Tryphon, 87 (Jahre).
English translation
Translation by: Joyce M. Reynolds
Salo (scil. daughter) of Alexandros, aged 45; Jesus (scil. son) of Alexandros, aged 8; Marin (scil. daughter) of Tryphon, aged 87.
Commentary
The names indicate a Jewish family whose stele may, therefore, have originally stood in the West Necropolis, see on A.55. For a detailed discussion see Lüderitz. The date is unlikely to be later than the Jewish Revolt of CE 115.
Bibliography: Applebaum, 1954, 1944, whence SEG 17.818, PHI 324426; SECir, 1961-1962, 95 p. 269 and fig. 74, whence Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1964.583; Reynolds, 1976, 67, whence Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983, 1; mentioned Kenrick, 2013, 284-5.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (2008, H.Walda)
Fig. 2. Face (2008, H.Walda)