Description:
Fragment from the top of a burnt white marble panel (W. 0.17 × H. 0.25 × D. 0.08).
Text:
Scratched on one face.
Letters:
Lunate; 0.025-0.03
Date:
First to fourth centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
City, Village: 'Latif's house'.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1985)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1983 (83.166)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]ΤΑΧ̣ΕΩΣ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Α̣Ι ζωσ[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]εται Ε̣ v. ΙΟ[·· ? ··]
3a[·· ? ··] vac. [·· ? ··]
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]ΤΑ·ΕΩΣ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΙΖΩΣ[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΕΤΑΙ· ΙΟ[ - - - ]
3a[ - - - ]   [ - - - ]
<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" >
τα
<unclear reason="damage" >
χ
</unclear>
εωσ
</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" >
α
</unclear>
ι
</orig>
ζωσ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
εται
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
</orig>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ι
<unclear reason="undefined" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

[...] quickly? [...] living [...]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1983)
 Face (1983)
Face (1985)
 Face (1985)

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