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Funerary bomos of Aur. Macrinus

Type of monument:
Funerary bomos.
Location:
Giymir (Perta): about to be built into a house.
Description:
Grey marble bomos; back side left rough; the sides marked with guidelines indicating that, if finished, the thickness would have been the same as the width. Line 1 of inscription on upper moulding (defaced), lines 2-5 on shaft.
Dimensions:
Ht. 0.74; W. 0.32 (upper moulding), 0.26-0.28 (shaft), 0.36 (base); Th. 0.37 (upper moulding), 0.32 (shaft), 0.37 (base); letters 0.025-0.027.
Record:
Line drawing; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/171).
Publication:
None.
Date:
Third century AD.
 
 

Αὐ̣[ρ(ηλι-) - - - - -]
Αὐρ(ηλίῳ) Μακρίνῳ̣
υἱῷ γλυκυτ[ά]-
τῳ μνήμης
5χάριν hed.
Aur(elius/a)... for Aur(elius) Macrinus, his/her sweetest son, in memoriam.

At the end of line 2, the omega is inscribed in ligature with the nu.

Illustrations:

MAMA XI 333 (Perta 28: 1956-171)

MAMA XI 333 (Perta 28: 1956-171)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 333 (Perta 28: 1956-171)

Line drawing of MAMA XI 333 (Perta 28: 1956-171)