Description:
Fragment from the rim of a white marble sarcophagus lid, with lower edge (W. 0.15 × H. 0.12 × D. 0.07).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Standard second to third century forms; c. 0.018
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
stray in Theatre
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1969 (69.389)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]Ι̣ΟΥΣΝ[·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·ΟΥΣΝ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
ουσν
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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