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New Funerary Inscriptions from the Eastern Necropolis of Knidos

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  • 1. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

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In this paper, ten funerary inscriptions from the eastern necropolis of Knidos are presented. The inscriptions were unearthed in four different tombs during the excavations and the surveys in the locality of Gıyrap in 2017 and 2021. Six of the inscriptions (no. 1-6) were found reused at the vaulted tomb labelled as “Tomb 1”. Two of the inscriptions (no. 7-8) were unearthed in the ruins of the tomb labelled the “monumental vaulted tomb”. The other two (no. 9-10) of the inscriptions were found in two different tombs near the “monumental vaulted tomb”. The inscription no. 1 is the Latin epitaph of Cassius Liberalius, the centurio of the VIIth Gemina Legion. The other nine inscriptions are Greek epitaphs of Tullia Antiokhis (no. 2), Publius Flavius Epitynkhanon (no. 3), Ofellius Euporistos (no. 4), Kharis (no. 5), Zosime, Athenis, Flavius Soterikhos, Aphrodisios and [n.n.] (no. 6), Gaius Iulius Harpokras (no. 7), Epagathos (no. 8), Kleuphanes (no. 9), [n.n.], Philtatos and Arkhias (no. 10). The inscriptions are dated to different periods between the Ist century B.C. and the IVth century A.D. The personal names Antiokhis, Epitynkhanon, Kharis, Athenis and Kleuphanes are here attested for the first time in inscriptions from Knidos.

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