Description:
Fragment of white marble sarcophagus front, broken at all sides (W. 0.23 × H. 0.275 × D. 0.085).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Standard forms; 0.025
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Sebasteion: W. Seb. II, -81, from wall of village house.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1982)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1981 (81.64)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ·· κηδευθή]σονται Δ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Ν ὁ προδη[λούμενος ·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ·· Δ]ιογενεί[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··]Υ ἔτ[ερος δὲοὐδεὶς ·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ε̣[·· ? ··]
6[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ·······]ΣΟΝΤΑΙΔ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΝΟΠΡΟΔΗ[········ - - - ]
3[ - - - ·]ΙΟΓΕΝΕΙ[ - - - ]
4[ - - - ]ΥΕΤ[············ - - - ]
5[ - - - ]··[ - - - ]
6[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κηδευθή
</supplied>
σονται
Δ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
Ν
προδη
<supplied reason="lost" >
λούμενος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Δ
</supplied>
ιογενεί
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
Υ
ἔτ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ερος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
δὲ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
οὐδεὶς
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ΙΕ
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] they will be [buried . . . ] the aforementioned [·· ? ··] no-[one else . . .

Commentary:

Perhaps includes the name Diogenes, or a derivative.

Photographs:

Face (1981)
 Face (1981)

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