Description:
Fragment from a white marble sarcophagus (no measurements).
Text:
Inscribed (l.1) on an upper and (l.2) on a lower face recessed below simple moulding.
Letters:
Rough and irregular; l. 2 resembles 15.207 (Museum 30)
Date:
No date determinable.
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 31)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ τ[όπος ·· ? ··]
2Παπια̣[·· ? ··]
2a[?·· ? ··
1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΟΤ[···· - - - ]
2ΠΑΠΙ·[ - - - ]
2a[?·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
σορὸς
καὶ
τ
<supplied reason="lost" >
όπος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
Παπι
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" id="gap3" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

The sarcophagus and the ?place [ . . . belong to ] Papia[- . . . ]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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