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[158] Grave of Zotikos Epikrates with Bequest to Guilds (212-300 CE) Hierapolis - Phrygia


Hierapolis (Phrygia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 212-300 CE
AGRW 158 = IHierapJ 133 = PHI 271749 = AGRW ID# 1241
Copenhagen Inventory info: 167


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Coffin (sarcophagus) on the east side before the fork in the road in the northern necropolis.

(A) Grave of Aurelius Zotikos … son of (?) Epikrates (?).

(B) … Zotikos (?) and him.  Now I leave behind 150 denarii to the guild of nail–manufacturers for the yearly grave–crowning ceremony.  But if they fail to provide the service, then the guild (syntechnia ?) of coppersmiths will do so.  But if they fail to provide the service, the funds are to be given to the purple–dyers for supervision of the grave.  It is not lawful for anyone else to be buried here and, if this is violated, the offender will pay 500 denarii to the most sacred organization of elders (gerousia), 500 denarii to the most holy treasury, and the same to the one prosecuting the case.  A copy of this inscription was stored in the archives.  And nothing will be given …

Translation by: Harland



(A)

Αὐρ(ηλίου) [Ζ]ωτικοῦ Ἐπικ[ράτ]ο̣[υς (?)].

(B)

[— — —] [— — — Ζωτικ(?)]ǀὸς καὶ αὐτός. κατα[λείπω δὲ τῇ σ]υν[τ]ε̣χνίᾳ τῶν ἡλοκόπ̣ων 𐆖 {denarius symbol} ρνʹ πρὸς [στεφάνωσιν (?)] ǀ κατὰ ἔτος ἐπὶ τῇ σορῷ̣ στεφανωτικοῦ. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ δώσουσιν, εἶναι τῆς συ[ντεχνίας] ǀ τῶν {καλ}καλκέω<ν>· εἰ δὲ μὴ <δώσουσιν (?)> δοθῆναι [ὡς (?)] ἐπιμεμελημένον τῶν πορ[φυραβά]ǀǀφων. ἑτέ̣ρ̣ῳ δὲ οὐδενὶ ἐ[ξ]έσται κη[δ]ε̣υθῆναι· εἰ δὲ μή, ἀποτείσει τῇ σεμνοτ̣ά̣τ̣ῃ̣ ǀ γερουσίᾳ<ς> 𐆖 {denarius symbol} φʹ καὶ τῷ ἱερωτάτῳ ταμίῳ 𐆖 {denarius symbol} φʹ καὶ τῷ ἐκδικοῦντι τὰ αὐτά. ταύτ[ης] ǀ [τῆς] ἐπιγραφῆς ἁπλοῦν ἀντίγραφο[ν ἀπ]ε̣τέθη εἰς τὰ ἀρχῖα, δοθήσεται δὲ μη̣δ̣ε̣[νί (?)].

IHierapJ 133: Facsimile by Judeich.
Public domain.

Item added: December 5, 2011
Item modified: October 18, 2020
ID number: 1241
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