Funerary inscription in Greek and Latin, partly in
elegiacs, for son and father, both named Marcellinus, by
Philoumene, with penalty for violating grave; 3b; found at
Ephesos: Wood, App. 7, no. 1; Kaibel 297a; CIL III 6082; ILS
8245; Peek, GVI I 654; *IEph 2103.
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IEph 2103
| 1 | [—]ι̣ου Παν[—] |
| λος Σεβ(αστοῦ) ἀπελεύθερος ἀπὸ ταβλαρί(ων) | |
| ἑπταέτους ὁ τάφος παιδὸς | |
| πατρός τε σὺν αὐτῷ· | |
| 5 | Μαρκελλεῖνος ἔην ἀμφοτέροι[ς] |
| ὄνομα· | |
| ἄλλοι μὲν στεφάνοισι, χοαῖς, | |
| δακρύοις τε καὶ ᾠδαῖς | |
| τειμῶσιν τὸν σόν, Μαρκελλεῖνε, | |
| 10 | τάφον· |
| ἀντὶ χοῶν δ’ ὁ πατὴρ ψυχὴν | |
| ἰδίαν ἐπέδωκεν, | |
| κοινὸν ἔχειν ἐθέλων οὔνομ[α] | |
| καὶ θάνατον· | |
| 15 | hanc aran si quis temptaverit trans- |
| ferre aut litteram excidere aut alia | |
| aliqua figura fecerit, dabet fisco poena[e] | |
| nominae (sestertium) X m(ilia) n(ummum), haec ara defend[e]- | |
| tur ab iis qui sunt in tabulario Ephes[i·] | |
| 20 | Φιλουμένη ἀνδρὶ ἰδίῳ καὶ τέκν[ῳ] |
| ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων. |