Aphrodisias (Caria, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), ca. 212-225 CE
IAph 13.111
= SEG 48 (1998), no. 1326
= AGRW ID# 8451
The grave and the plot on which it lies belong to Marcus Aurelius Zotikos son of Dionysios. Zotikos himself, who was mentioned above, and Aurelia Tatia his wife will be buried in this grave. But no one else has the authority to bury anyone in it or remove any of those mentioned above, since that one is to be considered a sacrilegious and accursed person, as well as a grave-robber. That one will pay 2500 silver denarii to the goddess Aphrodite and 1000 denarii to the most reverent guild (syntechnia) of builders (tektonoi), of which one third will belong to the one prosecuting the case. A copy of the inscription was deposited in the office of property records when Zenon son of Mylleas (?) was crown-bearer (i.e. eponymous official of the city) for the second time, in the month of Caesareon.
Translation by: Harland
IAph 13.111: Grave of Zotikos involving a guild of builders.
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