15.2. Fragmentary honours
- Description:
- Fragment from a white marble base (W. 0.21 × H. 0.24 × D. 0.245) with upper and lower edges surviving, broken at both sides.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face
- Letters:
- irregular; 0.02-0.028; rho with a tail.
- Date:
- First century B.C. to first century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Old Museum, a stray find
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1961)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 28)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··]ς πάσαις[··]
- 2[·· ? ··]χον Μενε[··]
- 3[·· ? ··] ἄνδρα κα̣[λὸν καὶ ?ἀγαθὸν]
- 4[·· ? ··]σωτῆρα [τῆς πατρίδος] ?[··]
- 5[·· ? ··] vacat [··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΣΠΑΣΑΙΣ[··]
- 2[ - - - ]ΧΟΝΜΕΝΕ[··]
- 3[ - - - ]ΑΝΔΡΑΚ·[··· ·········]
- 4[ - - - ]ΣΩΤΗΡΑ[···········]?[··]
- 5[ - - - ] vacat [··]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
ς
πάσαις
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
χον
Μενε
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
ἄνδρα
κ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
λὸν
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ἀγαθὸν
</supplied>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
σωτῆρα
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τῆς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
πατρίδος
</supplied>
?
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="vertical"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
Mentions of all (honours); Mene(krates?); a man who was noble (and good?), a saviour (of his country?)
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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