15.218. Circular fragment, stray
- Description:
- Flat circular feature, with about one third broken away (diameter 0.24; D. 0.12) with a hole in the centre that does not pierce the stone.
- Text:
- Inscribed perhaps in one line around the edge of the face, but perhaps showing two independent sets of letters.
- Letters:
- 0.023.
- Date:
- Imperial (lettering).
- Findspot:
- stray find in 1961
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (61.110).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··]ΒOΝ̣Σ̣Υ̣ vv. ΜΕΝΑ[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΒO··· ΜΕΝΑ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="undefined"
>
β
</unclear>
o
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
νσυ
</unclear>
<space
extent="2"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
μενα
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
</ab>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
The very rough lettering suggests a graffito, possibly by two writers.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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