Description:
Two fragments of a white marble sarcophagus front, very worn. a. Left side fragment W. 0.31 × H. 0.40 × D. 0.09; b. Fragment without edges W. 0.45 × H. 0.36 × D. 0.09.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Standard forms: 0.02 (a), 0.022 (b). Ligature: ΤΗ, b. l.3.
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
under other stones in the field store east of the Theatre
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1990)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Theatre 27).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
a
1[τ]αῦτα τ̣α̣[··]
2[·]ΟΛΟΣΕ[···]
3[·· c. 6 ··] Η̣Λ̣Ι̣ [···]
4[···]
5[·· c. 7 ··] ΑΠ [··]
5a
b
1[···] παρα[κε]χ[ωρ···]
2[···] ἐν ᾗ σορῷ κεκ̣[ήδευται ···]
3[···] ΛΗ Ε̣Υ̣Α̣Ι̣Δ̣Ε̣Η̣ΤΗΛ [···]
4[···] ἕξει ἐξουσίαν ἐ[νθάψαι ···]
5[···] Λ̣ΗΣ καὶ ἐ[?πάρατος ···]
6[···] ΕΚΤΩΣΝΣΕ [···]
6a[···]
a
1[·]ΑΥΤΑ··[··]
2[·]ΟΛΟΣΕ[···]
3[······]···[···]
4[···]
5[·······]ΑΠ[··]
5a
b
1[···]ΠΑΡΑ[··]Χ[·····]
2[···]ΕΝΗΣΟΡΩΚΕ·[······· ···]
3[···]ΛΗ·······ΤΗΛ[···]
4[···]ΕΞΕΙΕΞΟΥΣΙΑΝΕ[······ ···]
5[···]·ΗΣΚΑΙΕ[······· ···]
6[···]ΕΚΤΩΣΝΣΕ[···]
6a[···]
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
αῦτα
<unclear reason="damage" >
τα
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ολοσε
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ηλι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
απ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<lb n="5a" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
παρα
<supplied reason="lost" >
κε
</supplied>
χ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ωρ
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
ἐν
σορῷ
κε
<unclear reason="damage" >
κ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ήδευται
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
λη
</orig>
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ευαιδεη
</unclear>
τη
λ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
ἕξει
ἐξουσίαν
<supplied reason="lost" >
νθάψαι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
ησ
</orig>
καὶ
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
πάρατος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
εκτωσνσε
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="6a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

Elements from a funerary prohibition; mentions of sarcophagus, of having authority to bury.

Photographs:

a (1990)
 a (1990)
b (1990)
 b (1990)

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