Description:
Fragment without edges (W. 0.09 × H. 0.11 × D. 0.10).
Text:
Inscribed on one face.
Letters:
0.035; small circle at level of letter-tops in l. 1, presumably a stop.
Date:
Probably third century A.D. (lettering; cutting; nomenclature).
Findspot:
Temple/Church
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1966)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1961 (Temple 39).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Μ stop Α[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΟΝ[·· ? ··]
2a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]Μ stop Α[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΟΝ[ - - - ]
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" >
μ
</orig>
<g type="stop" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
α
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ον
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

M(?arcus) A[?urelius]

Commentary:

The stop in l. 1 strongly suggests a Roman name beginning M(arcus), perhaps followed by A[urelius].

Photographs:
none.

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