Description:
Fragment of a panel without edges (W. 0.165 × H. 0.13 × D. 0.035).
Text:
Inscribed on one face.
Letters:
0.032; the first line badly worn.
Date:
Probably second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
in Temple/Church, N. Narthex, during clearing of the apse wall
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (65.408).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]ΩΝΔΕ v. [·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··Πο]πλίου Σ[·· ? ··]
2a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]ΩΝΔΕ [ - - - ]
2[ - - - ··]ΠΛΙΟΥΣ[ - - - ]
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" >
ωνδε
</orig>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Πο
</supplied>
πλίου
<orig n="unresolved" >
σ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ·· ?Pu]blius [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

The name may be the praenomen (Publius) of a Roman citizen, but praenomina were also sometimes used by non-citizens as personal names.

Photographs:

Fragment (1977)
 Fragment (1977)
Fragment (1977)
 Fragment (1977)

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