3.102. Building inscription
- Description:
- Part of a white marble architrave block which originally had cornice and three fasciae (W. 0.14, H. 0.125-13, D. 0.10) with simple intercolumnar decoration below.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the upper fasciae. Has been subsequently cut for reuse with part of the moulding and fasciae cut away and the back roughed out for a garland frieze.
- Letters:
- c. 0.12
- Date:
- Probably first century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- during excavation of the North Agora
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1988 (88.i)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··]Δ̣Η[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]·Η[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
δ
</unclear>
η
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
Very likely from [τῷ] δή[μῳ] or from a name such as Demetrius.
- Photographs:
- none.
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