13.614. Funerary for ?descendant of [D]iogenes
- Description:
- White marble sarcophagus lid (W. 1.17 × H. 0.24 x depth not measurable).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the moulding which is badly worn; the inscription may well replace an earlier one.
- Letters:
- 0.02-0.03; lunate epsilon and sigma.
- Date:
- Second to fourth centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, West: on the s. side of the field wall s. of the road to New Geyre.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1976)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (West Cemetery 6).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··]ΟΥ[·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ·· Δ]ιογένους vac.
- 3[·· ? ··]Γ
- 1[ - - - ]ΟΥ[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ·]ΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ
- 3[ - - - ]Γ
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ου
</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"
>
Δ
</supplied>
ιογένους
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
γ
</orig>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] of [D]iogenes [·· ? ··]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1976)
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