Description:
Fragment from the lower edge of a marble sarcophagus front (W. 0.25 × H. 0.12 × D. 0.35).
Text:
Inscribed in a single line on the moulding.
Letters:
Standard forms, 0.02; ΜΗ in ligature.
Date:
Perhaps second century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray in 1979.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1980)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1979 (79.23)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]Ο̣Σ μηδενὸς ἔ[χοντος ἐχουσίαν [·· ? ··]]
1[ - - - ]·ΣΜΗΔΕΝΟΣΕ[···············]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
σ
</orig>
μη
δενὸς
<supplied reason="lost" >
χοντος ἐχουσίαν
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] no one having [he right to bury anyone else there] [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

From a version of the standard text which lists those who may be buried in the tomb and follows the list with a ban on anyone else.

Photographs:

Face (1980)
 Face (1980)
Face (1980)
 Face (1980)

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