Description:
Fragment from a white marble upper, moulded edge, probably of a sarcophagus front (W. 0.34 × H. 0.13 × D. 0.20).
Text:
Inscribed on upper moulding (ll. 1, 2) and below.
Letters:
Standard forms; 0.022
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Walls, South (west part): S. wall excavation, Tr.4
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1975 (75.217)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]Τ̣Η̣Ν·ΑΝ̣ΔΡ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· ἐ]σ̣τιν τοῦ Γε[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ·· ἀσ]ε̣βὴς καὶ ἐπά[ρατος και τυμβωρυχος ·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··]ΤΑ̣Ε̣ΙΣ[·· ? ··]
4a[·· ? ··
1[ - - - ]··Ν·Α·Δ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ·]·ΤΙΝΤΟΥΓΕ[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ··]·ΒΗΣΚΑΙΕΠΑ[····· ·············· - - - ]
4[ - - - ]Τ··ΙΣ[ - - - ]
4a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
τη
</unclear>
ν
</orig>
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
α
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
δ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
τιν
τοῦ
Γε
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἀσ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
βὴς
καὶ
ἐπά
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρατος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
και
τυμβωρυχος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
αε
</unclear>
ισ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

Eelements from a funerary formula.

Commentary:

Perhaps related to 12.640 (=75.257)

Photographs:

Face (1975)
 Face (1975)
Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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