Description:
Piece from a narrow white marble revetment panel (W. 0.31 × H. 0.275 × D. 0.015).
Text:
Inscribed on one face
Letters:
c. 0.095; broad and shallow
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
in destruction of Theatre houses
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.17)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ·· Σ]ε̣βασ[τ·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ·]·ΒΑΣ[· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Σ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
βασ
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

Possibly a reference to August[-

Commentary:

The large letters suggest a building inscription.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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