1.178. Conclusion of funerary text, third century A.D.
- Description:
- Piece from the lower part of a white marble sarcophagus (W. 0.90 × H. 0.35 × D. 0.13).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the bottom moulding.
- Letters:
- 0.02.
- Date:
- Third century A.D. (nomenclature and lettering).
- Findspot:
- Temple/Church: T. Aph. XVI
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1962 (62.305).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··]μου[τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς ἀντίγραφον ἀπετέθη εἰς τὸ χρ]εοφυλάκιον ἐπὶ στεφανηφόρου Μάρκου Αὐρ[ηλίου ·· ? ··]
- 2[·· c. 36 ··]μου scroll
- 1[ - - - ]ΜΟΥ[·········································]ΕΟΦΥΛΑΚΙΟΝΕΠΙΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΦΟΡΟΥΜΑΡΚΟΥΑΥΡ[····· - - - ]
- 2[····································]ΜΟΥ scroll
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
μου
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τῆς
ἐπιγραφῆς
ἀντίγραφον
ἀπετέθη
εἰς
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
χρ
</supplied>
εοφυλάκιον
ἐπὶ
στεφανηφόρου
Μάρκου
Αὐρ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ηλίου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="36"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
μου
<g
type="scroll"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
[A copy of the inscription was placed in the] property-archive in the stephanephorate of Marcus Aurelius [·· ? ··
·· ? ··] in the month [Pane]mos or [Hebdo]mos.
Commentary:
l. 2, must be the end of a month name, Πάνημος or Ἕβδομος.
- Photographs:
- none.
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