Epitaph of Aurelius Abaskantos and his mother. Limestone sarcophagus; lines 2-9 of the inscription in a tabula ansata flanked on both sides by a shield.
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Pisidia — Termessos (Güllük Dağı) — after 212 AD — Epigr. Forsch. in Termessos III (1994) 18, 11
1 | Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀβάσκαντος δὶς [— c.5-6 —] {²⁷[vacat]}²⁷ τὴν σωματοθήκην ἑαυτῷ καὶ |
τῇ γενομένῃ αὐ- | |
τοῦ μητρὶ Τροφί- | |
μῃ· οὐδενὶ δὲ ἐξέσ- | |
ται μετὰ τὴν ἀπο- | |
βίωσιν αὐτοῦ ἐπι- | |
θάψαι τινά, ἐπεὶ | |
ἐκτείσει ὁ τοῦτο | |
τολμήσας Δ∙ι∙ὶ Σολυμεῖ | |
below tabula.10 | 𐆖 ͵α. ∙ |