15.339. Funerary fragment with relief; stray, undated
- Description:
- Fragment, without edges, from a white marble sarcophagus (W. c. 0.36 x H. c. 0.45) with traces of a garland above.
- Text:
- Inscribed below, on either side of a relief showing a male head and body with left arm raised to one side.
- Letters:
- 0.05-0.07; lunate epsilon not very neatly cut, with V-shaped trenches which are not polished.
- Date:
- Third century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Brought by villagers
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.237)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··] Ω head Ε[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]Ω head Ε[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ω
</orig>
<g
type="head"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ε
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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