Funerary epigram for Flavia Sophe, with acrostic. Marble funerary cippus with pediment.
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Italia — Roma — near Bas. S. Stephani (Via Latina) — 4th c. AD (313-380?) — CIG 4.9595a (Add.); IG XIV 2226 — ICUR VI 15884 — ZPE 135 (2001) 117-124
| face A.1 | φῶς πατρικὸν ποθέουσα, |
| σύναιμε σύνευνε Σόφι μου, / | |
| λούτροις χρεισαμένη Χ(ριστο)ῦ ∙ | |
| μύρον ἄφθιτον ἁγνόν, / | |
| 5 | αἰώνων ἔσπευσας ἀθρῖ- |
| σαι θεῖα πρόσωπα, / | |
| βουλῆς τῆς μεγάλης μέγαν | |
| ἄνγελον υἱὸν ἀληθῆ / | |
| [ἰς] νυμφῶνα μολοῦσα καὶ εἰ̣ς̣ | |
| 10 | [οἴκ]ους ἀνοροῦσα / |
| [ἄφθαρτο]ς πατρικοὺς κ[— — —] | |
| [— — — — —]ΟΝΕϹΤ[— — —] / | |
| [Ϲ— — — — —]ΗΠΡΟΔ̣[— — —] | |
| [— — — — — — — — — —] / | |
| 15 | [Ο— — — — — — — — — — —] |
| [— — — — — — — — — —] / | |
| [Φ— — — — — — — — — — —] | |
| [— — — — — — — — — —] / | |
| [Ι— — — — — — — — — — —] | |
| 20 | [— — — — — — — — — —]. / |
| acrostic.1 | Φ|λ|α|β|[ί|α | Σ|ό|φ|η]. |
| face B.1 | οὐκ ἔσχεν κοινὸν βιότου τέ- |
| λος ἥδε θανοῦσα / | |
| κάτθανε, καὶ ζώει, καὶ ὁρᾷ | |
| φάος ἄφθιτον ὄντως· / | |
| 5 | ζώει μὲν ζωοῖσι, θάνεν δὲ |
| θανοῦσιν ἀληθῶς· / | |
| γαῖα, τί θαυμάζεις νέκυος | |
| γένος; ἦ πεφόβησαι; ❦ | |
| vacat |