2.521. Funerary fragment from Bishop's Palace

Description:
Corner fragment of an elaborately moulded feature, probably a sarcophagus front (W. 0.115 × H. 0.29 × D. 0.09).
Text:
Inscribed on two adjacent faces.
Letters:
a: ll. 1, 5f., 0.015; ll. 2-4, 0.02; lunate sigma in l.1. b: l.1, 0.02; l.2, 0.022; l.3, 0.028; ll.4-5, 0.025.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Bouleuterion/Odeon, West area: S.W. 'Bishop's Palace' I, Stratum 1.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1967 (67.193).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
a
1 [·· ? ··] ?vac. ΠΟΣ̣
2[·· ? ··]ΩΤΟ[·]
3[·· ? ··]ΝΟΣ
4[·· ? ··]Ι̣ΝΟΗ̣ καὶ
5[·· ? ··]Υ αὐτοῦ̣
6[·· ? ··]τ̣ινα Ν
7[·· ? ··καὶ τυμβωρύ]χ̣ος
8[·· ? ·· τοῦ ἐκδι]κ̣ήσ-
9[?αντος ·· ? ··]Υ̣ΠΑ
10[·· ? ··]Λ̣ΟΥ
10a[·· ? ··] vac.
b
1ΑΡΙ̣[·· ? ·· θά]
2ψα[?ι ·· ? ··]
3ΩΣ[·· ? ··]
4ΚΑ[·· ? ··]
5ΣΑΙ̣[·· ? ··]
5a[·· ? ··]
a
1[ - - - ]   ΠΟ·
2[ - - - ]ΩΤΟ[·]
3[ - - - ]ΝΟΣ
4[ - - - ]·ΝΟ·ΚΑΙ
5[ - - - ]ΥΑΥΤΟ·
6[ - - - ]·ΙΝΑΝ
7[ - - - ··········]·ΟΣ
8[ - - - ·······]·ΗΣ
9[····· - - - ]·ΠΑ
10[ - - - ]·ΟΥ
10a[ - - - ]   
b
1ΑΡ·[ - - - ··]
2ΨΑ[· - - - ]
3ΩΣ[ - - - ]
4ΚΑ[ - - - ]
5ΣΑ·[ - - - ]
5a[ - - - ]
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" id="space01" dim="horizontal" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
πο
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ωτο
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
νοσ
</orig>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
νο
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
</orig>
κ
αὶ
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
υ
</orig>
αὐτο
<unclear reason="damage" >
ῦ
</unclear>
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
ινα
<orig n="unresolved" >
ν
</orig>
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τυμβωρύ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
χ
</unclear>
ος
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοῦ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐκδι
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
κ
</unclear>
ήσ
<lb n="9" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
αντος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
υ
</unclear>
πα
</orig>
<lb n="10" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
ου
</orig>
<lb n="10a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
αρ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
θά
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
ψα
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ωσ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
κα
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
σα
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>

Apparatus

a. l. 4, ?ΗΚ in ligature

a. l. 5, αὐτοῦ CMR, ΑΥΤΟΙ̣Ω JMR

a. l. 10, Ι̣ΟΥ JMR

Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

a. includes elements from a funerary penalty formula; cf. index s.v. ἐκδικέω and τυμβώρυχος.

Photographs:

Fragment a. (1977)
 Fragment a. (1977)
Fragment a. (1977)
 Fragment a. (1977)
Fragment b. (1977)
 Fragment b. (1977)
Fragment b. (1977)
 Fragment b. (1977)

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