8.258. Funerary inscription ?of Aurelius Zenon
- Description:
- Fragment ?of white marble sarcophagus front (W. 0.27 × H. 0.335 × D. 0.12) back survives, and traces of a moulding above.
- Text:
- Inscribed on a face.
- Letters:
- Cursive, ave. 0.03: 0.025 (ο) - 0.05 (ρ); scroll for abbreviation.
- Date:
- Third-fourth century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- stray in Theatre
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1968 (68.362)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [ἡ σορός ἐ]στιν
- 2[κὲ ἡ ὑπο]κ̣ιμένη
- 3[ἰσώσ]τη Αὐρ(ηλίου) v.
- 4[Ζήν]ω̣νος ΠΑΤΤ̣
- 5[·· c. 4 ··]Υ̣ leaf [···]
- 5a[·· ? ··
- 1[·······]ΣΤΙΝ
- 2[······]·ΙΜΕΝΗ
- 3[····]ΤΗΑΥΡ
- 4[···]·ΝΟΣΠΑΤ·
- 5[····]· leaf [···]
- 5a[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἡ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
σορός
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐ
</supplied>
στιν
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
κὲ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἡ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὑπο
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
κ
</unclear>
ιμένη
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἰσώσ
</supplied>
τη
<expan>
<abbr>
Αὐρ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ηλίου
</supplied>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Ζήν
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ω
</unclear>
νος
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
πατ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
τ
</unclear>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
υ
</unclear>
<g
type="leaf"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="5a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
[The sarcophagus] and the burial place below it belong to Aur(elius) [Zen]on [·· ? ··]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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- Face (1977)
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