2.310. Honours for M. Au[relius - ]
- Description:
- Piece from the top left corner of a moulded white marble panel, probably from the side of a base with moulding above and to left, but without back or other edges (W. 0.12 × H. 0.15 × D. 0.06).
- Text:
- Ιnscribed within a recessed panel.
- Letters:
- 0.02; apex and diairetic dots to mark out the first letter as an abbreviation.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, North Area: N. Odeon V at 0.80 above datum.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1970 (70.4)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 Μ(αρκον) Αὐ[ρ(ήλιον) ···]
- 2Ι̣[···]
- 3[·· ? ··
- 1ΜΑΥ[···········]
- 2·[···]
- 3[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Μ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
αρκον
</supplied>
Αὐ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ρ(ήλιον)
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
Reference to a Marcus Aurelius
Commentary:
Presumably from an honorific inscription, with the opening formula on an upper feature.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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