4.112. Funerary fragment
- Description:
- Fragment from the upper edge of a white marble sarcophagus front (W. 0.12 × H. 0.125 × D. 0.115-0.07).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the upper lip above a sculpted area.
- Letters:
- standard type, perhaps Antonine; c. 0.022.
- Date:
- second century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- South Agora: in the Pool, PT.SW III.90, F.44
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1990)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1990 (90.k)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··]Β̣ΗΣΚΑΙ̣[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]·ΗΣΚΑ·[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
β
</unclear>
ησκα
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
Possibly a name, ? Εὐσεβὴς καί [.., but another name, e.g. Κάνδιδος or a word are possible. While it could be from the standard formula, ἀσε]βὴς καὶ ἐπάρατος, κτλ, this would imply that the main text was on the lid.
Photographs:
- Face (1990)
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