Description:
Fragment fromthe upper edge of a white marble sarcophagus front, with elements of sculpting to left and right.
Text:
Inscribed on the face
Letters:
0.025
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1994 (94.12)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ··]ΘΗ ·· ΕΤΕ [·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΓΡΑΜ · ΜΕ [·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]ΘΗ··ΕΤΕ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΓΡΑΜ·ΜΕ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ΘΗ
</orig>
<gap reason="illegible" extent="2" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ΕΤΕ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ΓΡΑΜ
</orig>
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ΜΕ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1994)
 Face (1994)

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