Description:
Fragment, probably from a sarcophagus front (W. 0.19 × H. 0.20 × D. 0.085).
Text:
Inscribed within a space flanked by peltae.
Letters:
0.02-0.025. The first three lines appear to be in smaller letters than those that follow.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Temple/Church: 'T. Aph. XVI'
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (62.348).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1Α̣[·· ? ··]
2Κ̣[·· ? ··]
3Ζ̣[·· ? ··]
4Ο[·· ? ··]
5Μ̣[·· ? ··]
6·[·· ? ··]
7·[·· ? ··]
7a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1·[ - - - ]
2·[ - - - ]
3·[ - - - ]
4Ο[ - - - ]
5·[ - - - ]
6·[ - - - ]
7·[ - - - ]
7a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
κ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ζ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ο
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
μ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="character" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="character" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="7a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Apparatus

In ll. 6 the surviving strokes do not seem to cohere as part of a letters.

Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Fragment (1977)
 Fragment (1977)

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