Citation
Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 318, 319, 332. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/93159>
Description
Local Name: Aphrodisias, Southeast Necropolis
Local Information: Field 1140 ** Wheat ** In SW field wall just off road.
Latitude: 37.42.32.2
Longitude: 28.43.56.0
Elevation: 530m
Dimensions: Fragment 1: p. W: 0.99 m; p. D: 0.73 m ** Fragment 2: p. W: 0.61 m; D: 1.24 m; H: 0.50 m
Description: Two fragments of the same large ornate sarcophagus lid, decorated in the round. Both slopes of the lid have pan and cover tile moldings, and all four sides have elaborate ornamental cornice molding consisting of bead-and-reel below a stylized floral pattern. The second fragment preserves a molded pediment with a phiale in the center and four letters of an inscription on the boss of one long side. ** (1.) Part of the long side preserving one boss and ornamental molding. ** (2.) Preserves one short side; one massive, roughly worked corner acroterion is visible. ** Four large marble blocks are next to the lid (largest is 1.25 m x 0.84 m).