Description:
Fragment of a white marble panel, with back surviving, cut down for reuse (W. 0.13 × H. 0.09 × D. 0.04).
Text:
The inscribed face is in poor condition.
Letters:
0.03-0.035.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Temple/Church: T. Aph. Atrium.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62.438).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Δ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· Ἀφρο]δ̣εισ[·· ? ··]
2a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]Δ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ····]·ΕΙΣ[ - - - ]
2a[·· ? ··
<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" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
δ
</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" >
Ἀφρο
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
δ
</unclear>
εισ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

Reference to ? Aphrodisian.

Commentary:

Although the inscribed face is in poor condition and the letters cut in a less professional manner, the letting is not entirely dissimilar from the fragments of (unpublished) (=62.185+).

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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