Description:
Left end of a broken white marble sarcophagus lid (W. c. 1.32 x H. 0.30 x D. 1.04).
Text:
Inscribed on one projection (a) and on the edge (b).
Letters:
Square forms; angular sigma, omega, omicron; a., 0.07, b. not measured.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Necropolis, North-east, near chamber tomb
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition, 1994 (Sarcophagus Index 445)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
a
1 ζῶν[τες]
b
1 ἡ σορὸς καὶ αἱ [·· ? ··]
a
1ΖΩΝ[···]
b
1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΑΙ[ - - - ]
<div type="textpart_section" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
ζῶν
<supplied reason="lost" >
τες
</supplied>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
σορὸς
καὶ
αἱ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a. They are alive.

b. The sarcophagus and the [·· ? ··]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1994)
 Face (1994)

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