Epitaph of Orestianus Hermophilos and his family. Limestone sarcophagus; lines 2-10 of the inscription in a tabula ansata flanked on both sides by a shield.
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Pisidia — Termessos (Güllük Dağı) — bef. 212 AD — Epigr. Forsch. in Termessos IV (2007) 194, 126
1 | Ὀρεστιανὸς Ἑρμόφιλος τὴν σωματοθήκην ἑαυτῷ τε καὶ Προκόπῃ, τῇ γυ(ναικὶ) αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις |
αὐτοῦ, ἐὰν βουληθῶ- | |
σιν, μόνον· ἑτέρῳ δὲ | |
οὐδενὶ οὔτε τῶν συν- | |
γενέων τινὶ ἀνῦξε ἢ <ἐ>- | |
πιθάψε τινά, ἐπεὶ ἐκτε̣[ί]- | |
σει τῷ ἱερωτάτῳ ταμεί- | |
ῳ 𐆖 ͵α κὲ ἐνσχεθήσε- | |
τε̣ τυμβωρυχίας ἐνκλ- | |
%⁸¹[ή]ματι vac. | |
κὲ ἀσεβείᾳ. |