Description:
White marble fragment from the top of a stele (W. 0.41 × H. 0.38 × D. 0.18); above, a relief of a gable with acroteria containing a circular object.
Text:
Inscribed on a moulded panel below the relief.
Letters:
Neatly cut, unevenly sized; lunate epsilon, sigma, omega; small circles for stop before and after the number, l.3; l.1, 0.032-0.035; l.2, 0.03-0.032; l.3, 0.028-0.03; l.4, 0.026-0.028.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
South Agora, Agora Gate: in house wall S.E. of gate
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1983)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1983 (83.70)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 ὁ πλάτας ἐσ-
2τιν Πολυκρά-
3τους δ´ τοῦ Ἀ-
4[πολ]λωνίου
4a        vacat
5[·· ? ··] Ο̣
5a[·· ? ··
1ΟΠΛΑΤΑΣΕΣ
2ΤΙΝΠΟΛΥΚΡΑ
3ΤΟΥΣΔΤΟΥΑ
4[···]ΛΩΝΙΟΥ
4a       vacat
5[ - - - ]·
5a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
πλάτας
ἐσ
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
τιν
Πολυκρά
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
τους
<num value="4" >
δ
</num>
τοῦ
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
πολ
</supplied>
λωνίου
<lb n="4a" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="vertical" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="5a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 5, Ο̣ may be an arabesque

Translation:

The area belongs to Polykrates (son of Polykrates son of Polykrates son of Polykrates) son of A[pol]lonios [...]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1983)
 Face (1983)

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