Description:
Fragment from the upper edge of a white marble sarcophagus front, broken at sides and below (W. 0.30 × H. 0.235 × D. 0.11).
Text:
Inscribed above (l.1) and below a line of decoration, which has been hacked away.
Letters:
Standard forms; 0.028; ligatured ΜΗ, l. 1; ΤΗΝ, l. 2.
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Sebasteion: N.Por II, 81. In wall of village house.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1982)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1981 (81.54)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ··] τοῦ μηνὸς Κ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΔΕΤΗΝΙ̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··
1[ - - - ]ΤΟΥΜΗΝΟΣΚ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΔΕΤΗΝ·[ - - - ]
3[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
τοῦ
μη
νὸς
Κ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
δε
την
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[...] of the month K[...]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1981)
 Face (1981)

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