Description:
Lower right corner of a white marble sarcophagus front ? or lid (W. 0.70 × H. 0.45 × D. 0.40).
Text:
Inscribed on the moulding.
Letters:
Standard forms; 0.025
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Necropolis, South-east: beside the path leading east from the East Gate
Original Location:
Unknown necropolis
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 10).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) ΡΟ̣Ι̣[···]
2ΤΙΛ̣Κ̣Υ̣[···]
3[·· c. 7 ··] καὶ Αὐρ(?ηλιος) [···]
4[·· c. 7 ··]Ο̣Α̣Ι̣Ι̣ [···]
1ΜΑΥΡΑΝΤΡ··[···]
2ΤΙ···[···]
3[·······]ΚΑΙΑΥΡ[···]
4[·······]····[···]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Μ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ᾶρκος
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ήλιος
</supplied>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Ἀντ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ώνιος
</supplied>
</expan>
<orig n="unresolved" >
ρ
<unclear reason="damage" >
οι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
τι
<unclear reason="damage" >
λκυ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" />
καὶ
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" cert="low" >
ηλιος
</supplied>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
οαιι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] Aur(elius) Ant(onius) [·· ? ··] and Aur(elius/a) [·· ? ··]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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