8.704. Revetment fragment, honours
- Description:
- Fragment of revetment with upper edge (W. 0.31 × H. 0.0195 x ).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face, probably with a two-line text.
- Letters:
- 0.105; distance from top edge 0.08.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, emperor)
- Findspot:
- Stray, perhaps from Theatre Baths
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.243f)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] Α̣ὐ̣ρ̣η̣[λι·· ? ··]
- 1a[·· ? ··
- 1[ - - - ]····[·· - - - ]
- 1a[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Αὐρη
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
λι
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="1a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
A very small serif at the beginning of l. 1 suggests the possibility of an alpha here; if so the name Aurelius must be supplied, and since the subject is probably an emperor Marus or his son Commodus are likely, although a third century emperor cannot be totally excluded.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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