8.245. ?Building inscription with imperial reference
- Description:
- Piece from a narrow white marble revetment panel (W. 0.31 × H. 0.275 × D. 0.015).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face
- Letters:
- c. 0.095; broad and shallow
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- in destruction of Theatre houses
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.17)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ·· Σ]ε̣βασ[τ·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ·]·ΒΑΣ[· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Σ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ε
</unclear>
βασ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τ
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
Possibly a reference to August[-
Commentary:
The large letters suggest a building inscription.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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