4.301. Honours for anonymous
- Description:
- Fragment without edges (W. c. 0.24 × H. 0.155 × D. 0.03)
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Probably 1st century A.D.; 0.018
- Date:
- Probably first century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- South Agora, Agora Gate: 1 IIIA at 0.35
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1980)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1980 (80.11)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ·· π]ο̣λέμωι Υ̣[·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··]Ι̣ χαλκ̣· [·· ? ··]
- 2a[·· ? ··
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ·]·ΛΕΜΩΙ·[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]·ΧΑΛ··[ - - - ]
- 2a[·· ? ··
<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"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
π
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
λέμωι
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
υ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
χαλ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
κ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="illegible"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Apparatus
l. 2, traces of an upright at the end of line make a form of χάλκη attractive...
Translation:
[...] war [...] bronze [...]
Commentary:
Although the lettering suggests the first century A.D., references to war are more common in texts of the first century B.C.
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
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