Marble plaque with epigram of Sopatros

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ca. 2nd–3rd century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

The metrical inscription takes the form of an elegaic couplet (an hexameter and a pentameter), each divided into two lines. Such literary pretensions seem to be quite common among the funerary inscriptions of Roman Cyprus.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman, Cypriot

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76