2.103. Sarcophagus fragment with mason's mark
- Description:
- Fragment of simple moulding, probably from the top of a sarcophagus front (W. 0.21 × H. 0.09 × D. 0.08).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- 0.02–0.03; lunate Ε; poorly cut—clearly not for display publicly.
- Date:
- Impossible to determine.
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, Str. 2
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (62.345, SD 71C).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] v. ΤΕΙ vac. [·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ] ΤΕΙ [ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="vertical"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
τει
</orig>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="vertical"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
Possibly a mason's mark.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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