Description:
Piece from the top of a sarcophagus front (W. 0.195 × H. 0.14 × D. 0.075).
Text:
Inscribed on the moulding.
Letters:
0.017; ligatured ΝΗ, l.2, ΜΗ, l.4.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
brought by children in 1970
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1970 (70.256)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Τranscription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ·· τοῦ ἐκδικήσ]αντος ΕΝ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· οὐ]δὲν ἧττον Ρ̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ·· εἰς τὸ] χρεοφυλ̣[ακιον ·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··] vac. μην̣[ος ·· ? ··]
4a[·· ? ··
1[ - - - ··········]ΑΝΤΟΣΕΝ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ··]ΔΕΝΗΤΤΟΝ·[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ·····]ΧΡΕΟΦΥ·[····· - - - ]
4[ - - - ]   ΜΗ·[·· - - - ]
4a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοῦ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐκδικήσ
</supplied>
αντος
<orig n="unresolved" >
εν
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
οὐ
</supplied>
δὲ
ν
ττον
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
χρεοφυ
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ακιον
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
μη
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

Elements from a funerary penalty formula.

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)
Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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