MAMA XI 125 (Akmoneia) 
Funerary bomos of Aur. Rufus and Tertia
- Type of monument:
- Funerary bomos.
- Location:
- Susuz (Akmoneia): in the wall of a house.
- Description:
- Marble bomos, buried below; on the front face, below the inscription, a wreath.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.60+; W. 0.46 (top), 0.39 (shaft); Th. 0.41 (top), 0.38 (shaft); letters 0.024-0.048.
- Record:
- Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/66).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Third century AD (Aurelius)
[Αὐρ(ήλιος)] Ῥοῦφος ἑαυτῷ hed.
[κα]ὶ̣ τῇ γυναικί μο[υ]
Τερτίᾳ ζῶν κατε-
σκεύασεν · τὸ μνη-
5μεῖον · εἰ δέ τις ἀν-
[ύ]ξ̣ει μετὰ τὸ τεθῆν[αι]
τ̣οὺς δύο, ἄωρα τέ̣[κνα]
πρόθοιτ[ο]
Aur(elius) Rufus constructed the memorial while still living for himself and for my wife Tertia. If anyone opens (the tomb) after these two have been laid in it, may he lay out his children for burial before their time.
Illustrations:
Photograph of MAMA XI 125 (Akmoneia 27: 1956-42)
Drawing of MAMA XI 125 (Akmoneia 27: 1956-42)
For the curse formula in lines 7-8, see the commentary to MAMA XI 126 (1956/68).