Citation
Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 316, 317, 320, 328, 330, 331; 356, 357 - Book catalogue no.: --; Inscriptions cat. 5. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92854>
Description
Local Name: Aphrodisias, Northeast Necropolis
Local Information: Old Geyre Cemetery in use at least up to 2003
Latitude: 37.42.46.2
Longitude: 28.43.53.0
Elevation: 540m
Dimensions: Chest: W: 2.56 m; D: 1.22 m; H: 0.54 m; letter H: 0.03 m ** Lid: W: 2.56 m; D: 1.25 m; visible H: 0.27 m
Description: A sarcophagus chest and its associated lid. ** Chest: Sarcophagus chest preserved to about two-thirds its height; tops of walls cut away. Very encrusted with lichen. Found in modern Geyre cemetery. ** Very large sarcophagus chest with vertical fluting on the front and sides. On the front, a central rectangular tabula is framed by elegantly carved scrollwork in shallow relief. The back is undecorated. The socle molding consists of a straight groove, inverted cyma reversa, hollow groove, and a roughly finished fascia. Originally inscribed on the tabula and the first band of socle molding, now effaced; only part of the last line in the bottom corner of the tabula is visible. ** Lid: Fully preserved lid, three corner acroteria broken. The large lid has a shallow pitched roof; small, round, uncarved acroteria on the corners and apex; and molded pediments with phialai on both short sides. The inscription on the cornice molding gives the name of the sarcophagus owner, Marcus Aurelius Alexandros, who bought it from a previous owner (Chaniotis 5).
Finds: 2 small fragments of a sarcophagus lid (D137) found nearby