15.6. Funerary fragment
- Description:
- Fragment of a white marble sarcophagus lid (W. 0.42 × H. 0.20 × D. 0.28).
- Text:
- Inscribed on two fasciae.
- Letters:
- 0.02
- Date:
- Second century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Old Museum
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 21)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··?ὑπο]κειμέναις αὐτῇ ἰσω̣[σταις ·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··]κ̣ηδευθήσονται [·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ···]ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑΙΣΑΥΤΗΙΣ·[····· - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]·ΗΔΕΥΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ὑπο
</supplied>
κειμέναις
αὐτῇ
ἰσ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ω
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σταις
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
κ
</unclear>
ηδευθήσονται
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
References to the vaults lying (?below) it, and 'they will be buried'.
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
-
- Face (1981)
-
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