Description:
White marble block from a composite funerary monument, broken at both ends (H. 0.36, W. 1.01, D. c. 1.30). Moulded back and front.
Text:
Inscribed on the front on two fasciae: l. 1 above moulding, ll. 2-4 below.
Letters:
Standard forms, 0.03. Ligatures: ΜΝ (l.1) ΜΜ (l.2), ΜΗ (l.3, twice).
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Walls, South-west: reused upside down, and partly buried at the west end of the south wall.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1975)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 120); Lines 2-4 copied in 1975, line 1 in 1976.
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [···]ΟΥ καθ′οὗ ἐπικεῖται τόπου τὸ μνῆμα διὰ του[···]
2[···] σορῷ γεγραμμένα ἐξώλης εἶναι καὶ αὐτὸ̣[ς ···]
3[···]Α̣Ν μήτε γυναῖκας τίκτειν κατὰ φύσιν μήτε [···]
4[···]Π̣Ι̣Η δὲ πᾶν γένος αὐτοῦ βωμῶν τε ἱερῶν [···]
1[···]ΟΥΚΑΘ′ΟΥΕΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙΤΟΠΟΥΤΟΜΝΗΜΑΔΙΑΤΟΥ[···]
2[···]ΣΟΡΩΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝΑΕΞΩΛΗΣΕΙΝΑΙΚΑΙΑΥΤ·[· ···]
3[···]·ΝΜΗΤΕΓΥΝΑΙΚΑΣΤΙΚΤΕΙΝΚΑΤΑΦΥΣΙΝΜΗΤΕ[···]
4[···]··ΗΔΕΠΑΝΓΕΝΟΣΑΥΤΟΥΒΩΜΩΝΤΕΙΕΡΩΝ[···]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ου
</orig>
καθ′
οὗ
ἐπικεῖται
τόπου
τὸ
μνῆμα
διὰ
του
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
σορῷ
γεγραμμένα
ἐξώλης
εἶναι
καὶ
αὐτ
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ς
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
ν
</orig>
μήτε
γυναῖκας
τίκτειν
κατὰ
φύσιν
μήτε
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
πι
</unclear>
η
</orig>
δὲ
πᾶν
γένος
αὐτοῦ
βωμῶν
τε
ἱερῶν
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] the place on which the memorial lies through [ . . . ] written [on the] sarcophagus to be destroyed, both himself [·· ? ··] nor women to give birth naturally nor [ . . . all his race and [from] sacred altars [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Elements from a particularly extensive funerary curse.

Photographs:

Lines 2-4 (1975)
 Lines 2-4 (1975)
Lines 2-4 (1975)
 Lines 2-4 (1975)

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