8.502. Sundial fragments
- 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- Unpublished.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>
</div>
<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
type="textpart_fragment"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<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"
/>
Translation:
a. Winter.
b. Summer.
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Fragment a. (1977)
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- Fragment a. (1983)
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- Fragment b. (1977)
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