E07520: Greek epitaph for a woman 'laid in the holy martyrion'. Found in the Cemetery of the Jordani (Catacomba dei Giordani) on the via Salaria, Rome. Probably late 3rd/early 4th c. [provisional entry]

Αὐρήλιος Εἱμέρις μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου Ζήθου
ἐπειδὴ συνέζησεν μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς
hστρατονείκη νεόφυτα ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου
ἑαυτῆς καλῶς καὶ σωφρόνως ἔτη τριάκοντα
καὶ κατεθαίμhν ἰς τὸ ἁγείον μαρτύριν εὖ κῦτε μετὰ εἰρήνης
καὶ ἐμνημόνευσα αὐτhς τhς ἰς ἐμὲ σωφροσύνης καὶ
                                  πένται
                            ἐτῶν πεντhκοντα
ἐποίησα καλῶς μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου καὶ ἐκυμήθη

'Aurelios Himerios with my son Zethos. Stratonike, newly baptized (neophyta), left this world. As she lived jointly with me, her husband, excellently and modestly for thirty years, I laid her in the holy martyrion. She rests well, with peace, and I remembered her modesty towards me, and I fitted this tomb well with my son, and she fell asleep at the age of fifty-five.'

Note: The editors rightly observed that the order of lines is corrupted. Here we accept a suggestion by Antonio Ferrua that the lines should be read as follows: 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 8, 7. Formerly, Adolf Kirchhoff (in CIG IV 9704) argued for a different order: 1, 2, 4, 3, 6, 9, 8, 7, 5.

Text: ICVR, n.s., IX, no. 24609 = EDB6852.