Funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Second to third centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he

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Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἰουλίου Βετια ἔδοξεν δὲ οὕτω τῷ δαίμονι αιδια[...]θη [...]οδογμοι[...]λιβυπιιιιουλοιι[...]λιιοιο παιδ’ οὐ γεναμεν[...]

Tomb of M(arkos) Aur(elios) M(arcus) Aurelius Betia: thus the spirit decided [ . . .

Commentary

Line 1, the double nomen suggests a name soon after the Edict of Caracalla; the cognomen really does not seem to be Βετρα-

Line 2: the text would seem to be in verse: for the not uncommon attribution of death to a decision of fate, and for the introduction of a δαίμων rather than Μοῖρα or Hades, see Lattimore, Themes in Greek and Latin epitaphs, p. 148.