4.108. Fragment,? from caryatid dedication.
- Description:
- Fragment of white marble, with traces of a right side moulding, but no back or edges (W. 0.25 × H. 0.12 x D. c. 0.15); perhaps from the face of a statue base.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- standard type, 0.04
- Date:
- First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- South Agora: on the west side of the pool: PTW II.90. F.39
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1990)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1990 (90.n)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ··]ΤΤΑ[·]
- 1a[·· ? ··
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΤΤΑ[·]
- 1a[·· ? ··
<ab>
</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"
>
ττα
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="1a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
The name Ἄτταλος seems likely.
?Perhaps from the series of dedications of caryatids: see (unpublished) to 5.8
Photographs:
- Face (1990)
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