Description:
Fragment from the right side of a white marble panel (W. 0.08 × H. 0.14 × D. 0.035).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.014.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Temple/Church IV
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (61.49).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ··]·Ω̣[···]
2[·· ? ··]Μ̣ΕΘΑ̣[·]
3[·· ? ·· Ἀφ]ροδε̣-
4[ι·· ? ··] ΟΣ[·]
4a[·· ? ··
1[ - - - ]··[···]
2[ - - - ]·ΕΘ·[·]
3[ - - - ··]ΡΟΔ·
4[· - - - ]ΟΣ[·]
4a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ω
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
μ
</unclear>
εθ
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἀφ
</supplied>
ροδ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
οσ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

There may be a reference to Aphrodite or Aphrodisians.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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