Description:
Two pieces of a white marble sundial—not certainly both from the same monument. a: two joining fragments without edges (W. 0.21 across cord × H. 0.34 × D. 0.20); b: fragment with lower rim (W. 0.26 across cord × H. 0.52 × D. 0.175).
Text:
Inscribed on the cord.
Letters:
Good, first to second century; a. 0.035, b. 0.04.
Date:
First to second centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Tetrastoon: Portico E. of Theatre, in topsoil
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.58)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
a
1[·· ? ·· χ]ειμε[ρινή ·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ι̣με̣[·· ? ··]
b
1[·· ? ··] θε[ρινή ·· ? ··]
a
1[ - - - ·]ΕΙΜΕ[···· - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·Μ·[ - - - ]
b
1[ - - - ]ΘΕ[···· - - - ]
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
χ
</supplied>
ειμε
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρινή
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
μ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
θε
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρινή
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a. Winter.

b. Summer.

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Fragment a. (1977)
 Fragment a. (1977)
Fragment a. (1983)
 Fragment a. (1983)
Fragment b. (1977)
 Fragment b. (1977)

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