15.244. Funerary inscription ?for Heraklide, Thyodora, and Meltine
- Description:
- Part of the left side of a white marble block which has been reused as a water trough (W. 0.24 × H. 0.22 × D. 0.035).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- poorly cut; 0.02; rho with a tail.
- Date:
- First to fourth centuries A.D. (formulae, lettering)
- Findspot:
- stray in 1972
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1972 (72.11)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0 ·· ? ··]
- 1Ν̣Α τ̣οῦ Ἀπ[·· ? ··
- 2Ἡρακ<λ>ίδη κα̣[ὶ ·· ? ··]
- 3Θυοδώρα κα̣[ὶ ·· ? ··]
- 4Μελτίνη θυγ[ατερες ·· ? ··]
- 5Θυοδώρας [·· ? ··]
- 6 vv. χαίρ<ε>τε v. [? v. ?·· ? ··]
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1·Α·ΟΥΑΠ[ - - -
- 2ΗΡΑΚΙΔΗΚ·[· - - - ]
- 3ΘΥΟΔΩΡΑΚ·[· - - - ]
- 4ΜΕΛΤΙΝΗΘΥΓ[······ - - - ]
- 5ΘΥΟΔΩΡΑΣ[ - - - ]
- 6 ΧΑΙΡΤΕ [·? - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
α
</orig>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
οῦ
Ἀπ
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
Ἡρακ
<supplied
reason="omitted"
>
λ
</supplied>
ίδη
κ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὶ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
Θυοδώρα
κ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὶ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
Μελτίνη
θυγ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ατερες
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
Θυοδώρας
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="6"
/>
<space
extent="2"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
χαίρ
<supplied
reason="omitted"
>
ε
</supplied>
τε
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
id="gap07"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] ?-na (daughter? wife?) of Ap- [...] Heraklide and [...] Thyodora and [...] Meltine, daughters [...] of Thyodora [...]. Farewell.
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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