Description:
Piece from the lower moulding of a marble sarcophagus front (W. 0.31 × H. 0.18 × D. 0.19).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
l.1, 0.22; l.2, 0.027
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Stray in 1974
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1978)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.84)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ·· εἰς τὸ ἱε]ρώτατο̣[ν ταμεῖον ·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··] τ[ὴ]ν σορὸν Ε[·· ? ··]
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ·······]ΡΩΤΑΤ·[········ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]Τ[·]ΝΣΟΡΟΝΕ[ - - - ]
<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" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
εἰς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἱε
</supplied>
ρώτατ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ταμεῖον
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
τ
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
ν
σορὸν
<orig n="unresolved" >
ε
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ·· into the] most sacred treasury [·· ? ··] the tomb [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Funerary, l. 1 probably from the instructions for payment of a fine for misuse of the tomb.

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)

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