Description:
White marble fragment from the lower right corner of a tabella ansata (W. 0.23 × H. 0.21 × D. 0.16); probably a sarcophagus front.
Text:
Inscribed on the face (ll. 1, 2) and on moulding.
Letters:
Standard forms; 0.02
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1981)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 62)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ι̣
2[·· ? ··]Ρ̣ΙΣ
3[·· ? ··]Δ̣ΗΛΟΥ
4[·· ? ··]ΚΝΙΟ̣Ν̣[·]
5[·· ? ··]Υ̣Ι̣Τ̣
5a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]··
2[ - - - ]·ΙΣ
3[ - - - ]·ΗΛΟΥ
4[ - - - ]ΚΝΙ··[·]
5[ - - - ]···
5a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιι
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
ισ
</orig>
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
δ
</unclear>
ηλου
</orig>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
κνι
<unclear reason="damage" >
ον
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
υιτ
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="5a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 3, Δ might be Ρ

l. 4, second Ν might be Υ

Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

Probably a mention of 'the aforementioned'

Photographs:

Face (1981)
 Face (1981)

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