Description:
A white marble altar-stele with moulding above and below on three sides (H. 0.81 x W. 0.43 x D. 0.355). The relief, very worn, is of a bestiarius facing towards his left, from where a beast - - ?a bear - - is springing up at him
Text:
Inscribed on the face
Letters:
standard forms, 0.02
Date:
First to fourth centuries A.D. (content)
Findspot:
City, North-west, with 11.501 and 11.503 at the edge of a field between the city walls and the Hadrianic Baths.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition
Bibliography:
published by Roueché, PPA 36.
Text constituted from:
Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
1Μένανδρο[ς]
1ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟ[·]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Μένανδρο
<supplied reason="lost" >
ς
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

Menandros

Commentary:

Menandros is depicted as a bestiarius.

Photographs:

Face (1983)
 Face (1983)

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