8.257. Dedication
- Description:
- Right side and ?upper edge of a white marble block (W. 0.26 × H. 0.28 × D. 0.12); perhaps cut down for re-use.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face
- Letters:
- ?third century - but poorly cut, and could be earlier; square omega; c. 0.08.
- Date:
- Third century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- stray in Theatre
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1969 (69.23)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ··]Ω̣ΥΨ
- 1a [?·· ? ··
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]·ΥΨ
- 1a[?·· ? ··
<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"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ω
</unclear>
υψ
</orig>
<lb
n="1a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
id="gap3"
dim="bottom"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
l. 2, ?[θε]ῷ ὑψ|[ίστῳ or ?τ]ῷ Ὑψ|[ικλεῖ]
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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