13.4. Funerary fragment
- Description:
- Fragment of the front of a white marble garland sarcophagus (W. 0.76 × H. 0.57 × D. 0.14) without edges.
- Text:
- Inscribed within the surviving garland.
- Letters:
- 0.04-0.05. Aligned slanting upwards, rather lightly cut.
- Date:
- Second century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, North: in field, N. of walls, S. of main road.
- Original Location:
- Unknown: Necropolis, North
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1975)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1988 (Walls 1).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0 [·· ? ··μηνὸς]
- 1Γορπιαίο[υ]
- 0[ - - - ·····]
- 1ΓΟΡΠΙΑΙΟ[·]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
μηνὸς
</supplied>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Γορπιαίο
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
υ
</supplied>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] in the month Gorpiaon.
Commentary:
From the end of a funerary prohibition.
Photographs:
- Face (1975)
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