2.511. Fragment of monumental revetment
- Description:
- White marble revetment panel from a composite monument (W. 0.745 × H. 0.36 × D. 0.03) with top, bottom and left edges surviving.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Broad, flat trenches, elegantly drafted; 0.20
- Date:
- First to fourth centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area: MAB precinct, Room 15, Str.2
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Found by the NYU expedition in 1966 (66.275)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··]ΚΟΣΜ̣[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΚΟΣ·[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
ΚΟΣ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Μ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
Probably a reference to 'decoration, adornment'
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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