Epitaph
created: Transcribed from photograph (CDL).
source date: Probably second century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Not included into [...].

[...], pp. 205-206, fig. 11, whence [...] 2019.556.

Εὐίππιον Ἀναξέα

Euippion fils (ou fille?) d'Anaxéas.

Euippion son (or daughter?) of Anaxeas.

Euippion figlio (o figlia?) di Anaxeas.

This inscription belongs to a special funerary device, first because it is painted; second because it is related to a niche, so small that it might have contained only the remains of a very young child, either a corpse or ashes in a small urn.

The name is puzzling, as most personal names with diminutive suffix -ιον were given to women, because of its familiar and sometimes pejorative meaning. However, there exist some instances of men's names with that suffix (see [...], pp. 387-390). The careful and somewhat monumental lettering does not fit a familiar value. A diminutive value might rather be intended for an infant. As Εὔιππος reflects rather masculine interests and although the feminine Εὐίππα also exists, the dead infant was more probably a boy than a girl.