Funerary epigram for the comic actor Moschianos.  Unadorned slab of Proconnesian marble.
[ ] Italia — Tusculum: Frascati? — 2nd c. AD — IG XIV 1860 — The Francetti Collection in Rome (1995) 50, 12
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1   ∙ Θ(εοῖς)  ∙ Κ(αταχθονίοις) ∙
Σμυρναῖος Μοσχιανός,
ἐπεὶ θάνον ἐνθάδε
κεῖμαι, ∙ / κωμῳδός, ∙ καὶ
5 τοῦτο ∙ διαικρίνει {²⁶διακρίνει}²⁶ ∙ γε
τὸ σῆμα. ∙ / Μαρκιανὸς ∙
δέ μ’ ἔθαψε ∙ καὶ ἐκήδευ-
  σεν, ὁδεῖται, ∙ / μήτε νέ∙-
κυν προλιπών, ∙ μήτ’ ἐν
10 ζῳοῖς ∙ ἔτ’ ἐόντα ∙ / νοσφισθείς· ∙ βιότου
δὲ τέλος ∙ καὶ μοῖραν
  ἔπλησα.
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