Description:
White marble fragment, probably from a sarcophagus front, with back but no edges (W. 0.105 × H. 0.135 × D. 0.055).
Text:
Inscribed on the face
Letters:
Standard letters, 0.025
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Sebasteion: SW Sebasteion, 87-1
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1988)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1987 (87.397)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ι̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Μ̣ΩΝ[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]ΩΝ[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··]Ε̣Β̣[·· ? ··]
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΩΝ[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΩΝ[ - - - ]
4[ - - - ]··[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
μ
</unclear>
ων
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ων
</orig>
<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" >
εβ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 4, Β might be Π; Ε anything with a top horizontal.

Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1988)
 Face (1988)

(cc) You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 5 to validate this file.)