Description:
Fragment of a ?stele or panel/sarcophagus front, with back but no edges (W. 0.15 × H. 0.16 × D. 0.065).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Standard second to third century forms; ΗΗ in ligature, l.2; 0.025
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
portico E. of Theatre, at -1.10.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.85)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]ΑΝΟΣ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Η̣ΘΗΗΣ̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]Κ̣ΤΩΝ[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··]Ε̣ΠΙΘ̣[·· ? ··]
4a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]ΑΝΟ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΘΗΗ·[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ]·ΤΩΝ[ - - - ]
4[ - - - ]·ΠΙ·[ - - - ]
4a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="insaph" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ανο
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
</orig>
<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" >
η
</unclear>
θ
ηη
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
κ
</unclear>
των
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
πι
<unclear reason="damage" >
θ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="insaph" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, [?οὓς] ἂν ὁ Σ̣[·· ? ··]

l. 2, second Η was perhaps once written as Ν

l. 2, the last letter could be Δ: [?βουλ]ηθῆ ἢ δ̣[?ιατάξηται].

l. 4, no central bar visible in Θ; might be Ο

Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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