Description:
Right side fragment from a plain marble block (W. 0.16 × H. 0.27 × D. 0.09).
Text:
Inscribed on one face.
Letters:
Elaborately serifed; uneven in size and spacing; c. 0.02.
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Loose find in Museum; perhaps in Temple/Church N. Temenos area.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 110)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]ΣΕ̣ [·]
2 [·· ? ··]τῇ πα[τ]-
3[?ρίδι ·· ? ··] Ι̣ προσ-
4[·· ? ··]Τ̣ΟΥΣ
5[·· ? ··]Ο̣Ν v.
5a[·· ? ··]        vacat
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]Σ·[·]
2[ - - - ]ΤΗΠΑ[·]
3[···· - - - ]·ΠΡΟΣ
4[ - - - ]·ΟΥΣ
5[ - - - ]·Ν 
5a[ - - - ]       vacat
<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" >
σ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
τῇ
πα
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ρίδι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
προσ
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
ουσ
</orig>
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
ν
</orig>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="5a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="vertical" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, either letter could be Ε or Σ.

Translation:

[·· ? ··] to (his or her) country [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

An unknown benefactor dedicates to their country.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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