4.305. Funerary inscription for Polykrates
- 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- Unpublished.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>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ὁ
πλάτας
ἐσ
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
τιν
Πολυκρά
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
τους
<num
value="4"
>
δ
</num>
τοῦ
Ἀ
<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"
>
</orig>
ο
</unclear>
<lb
n="5a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
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:
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