15.250. Funerary fragment

Description:
Left corner of a white marble sarcophagus lid (W. 0.53 × H. 0.135 × D. 0.70) complete (although chipped) above and below.
Text:
Inscribed in 4 lines, 2 on upper moulding and 2 on lower fascia.
Letters:
Standard forms, I-III; 0.02; ligature in l.2
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 71)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [?ἡ σορος] ἐ̣σ̣τ̣ὶ̣ν̣ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Πο[·· ? ··]
2 Τ̣ΟΥ κειμένη εἰς τὸν π[λάταν ·· ? ··]
3[·]ΩΝΟΣ καὶ Ζήνωνος Τ[·· ? ··]
4[Π]ολυχ[ρ]όνιος ΤΕ̣[·· ? ··]
1[·······]·····ΜΑΥΡΠΟ[ - - - ]
2·ΟΥΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΕΙΣΤΟΝΠ[····· - - - ]
3[·]ΩΝΟΣΚΑΙΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤ[ - - - ]
4[·]ΟΛΥΧ[·]ΟΝΙΟΣΤ·[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ἡ
σορος
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ἐστὶν
</unclear>
<expan>
<abbr>
Μ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
άρκου
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ηλίου
</supplied>
</expan>
Πο
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Τ
</unclear>
ΟΥ
κειμένη
εἰς
τὸν
π
<supplied reason="lost" >
λάταν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ωνος
</orig>
καὶ
Ζήνωνος
Τ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Π
</supplied>
ολυχ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρ
</supplied>
όνιος
<orig n="unresolved" >
τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

[?The sarcophagus ] belongs to Marcus Aurelis Po[lychronios? . . . ] lying on the platform [ . . . of Zen]on and of Zenon [·· ? ··] Polychronios.

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1983)
 Face (1983)

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