8.260. Funerary verse, fragmentary
- Description:
- Fragment from the lower part of a stele (W. 0.29 × H. 0.295 × D. 0.21). Back, and perhaps lower edge, survive.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face, which is very worn and abraded.
- Letters:
- Very irregular; cursive alpha; 0.01-0.02.
- Date:
- Possibly after A.D. 250 (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Theatre
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.46)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0 [·· ? ··] vacat [·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ··] λα̣νχάνουσιν Ι̣Ι̣[·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··]ΟΡ̣ΟΙ̣Ι̣ΟΝ μίαν Ο̣[·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ··]Α̣Ι̣ΜΕΝ̣ΟΝΟ̣Κ̣Τ̣Ο̣[·· ? ··]
- 4[·· ? ··]Λ̣Ι̣ΣΣΟΝΙ̣Λ̣Ι̣Α̣[·· ? ··]
- 5[·· ? ··] vv. ΝΑ̣Ο[·· ? ··]
- 5a[·· ? ··] vacat [·· ? ··]
- 5b [·· ? ··
- 0[ - - - ] vacat [ - - - ]
- 1[ - - - ]Λ·ΝΧΑΝΟΥΣΙΝ··[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]Ο·Ο··ΟΝΜΙΑΝ·[ - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]··ΜΕ·ΟΝ····[ - - - ]
- 4[ - - - ]··ΣΣΟΝ····[ - - - ]
- 5[ - - - ] Ν·Ο[ - - - ]
- 5a[ - - - ] vacat [ - - - ]
- 5b[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="vertical"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
λ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
νχάνουσιν
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ιι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ρ
</unclear>
ο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ιι
</unclear>
ον
</orig>
μίαν
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ο
</unclear>
<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"
>
αι
</unclear>
με
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
ον
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
οκτο
</unclear>
<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"
>
λι
</unclear>
σσον
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ιλια
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="2"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ν
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
ο
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="vertical"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5b"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Apparatus
l. 3, [·· ? ··]α̣ι̣μεν̣ον would appear to be the end of a med/pass participle
l. 4, ?λίσσονται
Translation:
Elements from a funerary verse; mention of lot.
Commentary:
This virtually indecipherable text may well date from after 250, but there is not sufficient indication to put it with the Byzantine texts.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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