Description:
Fragment of revetment with upper edge (W. 0.31 × H. 0.0195 x ).
Text:
Inscribed on one face, probably with a two-line text.
Letters:
0.105; distance from top edge 0.08.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, emperor)
Findspot:
Stray, perhaps from Theatre Baths
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.243f)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ··] Α̣ὐ̣ρ̣η̣[λι·· ? ··]
1a[·· ? ··
1[ - - - ]····[·· - - - ]
1a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Αὐρη
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
λι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="1a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

A very small serif at the beginning of l. 1 suggests the possibility of an alpha here; if so the name Aurelius must be supplied, and since the subject is probably an emperor Marus or his son Commodus are likely, although a third century emperor cannot be totally excluded.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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