8.247. Funerary
- Description:
- Fragment from the rim of a white marble sarcophagus lid, with lower edge (W. 0.15 × H. 0.12 × D. 0.07).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Standard second to third century forms; c. 0.018
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- stray in Theatre
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1969 (69.389)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··]Ι̣ΟΥΣΝ[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]·ΟΥΣΝ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ι
</unclear>
ουσν
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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