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Funerary doorstone of Arruntius and Julia

Type of monument:
Funerary doorstone.
Location:
Karlık (Traianopolis): in a gravel pit (ancient cemetery) at the top of the village.
Description:
Crystalline grey marble block with decoration of doorstone type on the front. Blank door with archivolt between two pilasters; pediment with half-palmette acroteria. Line 1 of the inscription on the entablature; lines 2-3 at the top of the field; lines 4-11 in a panel (perhaps representing a half-open scroll), below which is a comb in relief.
Dimensions:
Ht. 1.02; W. 1.42; Th. 0.45; letters 0.015-0.030.
Record:
MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/28).
Publication:
None.
Date:
AD 218 (Year 302 of Sullan era)
 
 

ἔτους τβ´, μη(νὸς) Πανήμου. Ἰ{ι}ούλιος Ἀρουντίου μετὰ τῶν
ἀδελφῶν μου
ἀνεστήσαντο
τῷ πατρὶ
5Ἀρουντί-
ῳ καὶ τῇ
μάμμῃ
ἡμῶν
Ἰουλείᾳ
10μνήμης
χάριν.
Year 302, in the month Panemos. Julius son of Arruntius, with my brothers, set (this) up for our father Arruntius and our grandmother Julia, in memoriam.

For the name Arruntius in this region, see MAMA XI 32 (1956/46: Eumeneia).

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 94 (Traianopolis 5: 1956-28)

MAMA XI 94 (Traianopolis 5: 1956-28)

MAMA XI 94 (Traianopolis 5: 1956-28)

MAMA XI 94 (Traianopolis 5: 1956-28)

Notebook copy of MAMA XI 94 (Traianopolis 5: 1956-28)

Notebook copy of MAMA XI 94 (Traianopolis 5: 1956-28)

Notebook copy of MAMA XI 94 (Traianopolis 5: 1956-28)

Notebook copy of MAMA XI 94 (Traianopolis 5: 1956-28)