Funerary epigram for Lillas, son of Bassianus. Limestone pedimental
stele with akroteria and relief.
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Scythia Minor — Tomis (Constanța) — late 3rd/early 4th c. AD — IScM II 384 — Horos 10-12 (1992-1998) 464-467 (A. Avram, M. Bărbulescu, V. Georgescu)
See also:
| above relief.1 | ὑπόμνημα. |
| below relief.pater.2 | οὐδὲν ἐπ’ ἀνθρώποις, Μύραις δ’ ὕπο |
| πάντα κυκλεῖται· | | |
| καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ σπεῦδον θρέψαι τέκνον | |
| 5 | καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδας ἄγεσθαι, | |
| ἀλλ’ ἐμέο βουλὴν κρίσις ἔφθασεν | |
| οὕνεκα τυμβῶ· | | |
| filius.8 | ὡς κρίσις ἐσ[τί], φίλοι, Μούρῃ τὸ |
| χρε[ὼν] ἀπέτισα, | | |
| 10 | πρίν μ[ε] μολεῖν μέτρον ἡλικίης |
| καὶ εἰς ἄνδρας ἥκεσθαι, | | |
| παῖς ὢν ἑξαέτης, τυτθὸς νέκυς· | |
| Λίλλας ἐκαλούμην· | | |
| pater.14 | ὧι τάφον οὐχ ὁσίως Βασσιανὸς |
| 15 | γενέτης ἀνέγειρα, | |
| σὺν γαμετῇ Ἰανβαρίᾳ τῇ πολυ- | |
| δακρυτάτῃ, ❦ | | |
| μυρόμενοι παιδὸς τὴν | |
| ἀπαθῆ γένεσιν· ❦ | | |
| 20 | χαίροις, ὦ παροδεῖτα, |
| καὶ ὑγιένοις πάλιν ❦ | |
| ἄλλος. ❦ |