11.25. ?Building inscription of Melition son of Pythion
- Description:
- Two white marble architrave blocks, one complete (W. 1.57 × H. 0.42 × D. 0.58) and one broken away at the right end and damaged above (W. 0.99 x H. 0.42 x D. 0.59), slightly curving, both with simple moulding above and between the two fasciae.
- Text:
- The first is inscribed on both fasciae (ll.1 and 2 on upper, l. 3 on lower), the second on the upper one only; the texts have been erased at the left end of ll. 1 and 2, and are interrupted by a bad flaw in the stone.
- Letters:
- Standard forms; ll.1, 2, 0.048; l.3, 0.05.
- Date:
- Probably first half of second century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- City, Village the first in New Museum excavation area, the second in the area of museum offices
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1983)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition while clearing for the Museum (Village 11).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Τranscription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··]καὶ Μελίτιον Πυθίω | νος
- 2[·· ? ··]Ν καὶ τ[?·]ὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς | πάντα
- 3[·· ? ·· ἐκ τ]ῶν ἰδίων [··] vacat | vacat
- 1[ - - - ]ΚΑΙΜΕΛΙΤΙΟΝΠΥΘΙΩΝΟΣ
- 2[ - - - ]ΝΚΑΙΤ[?·]ΑΕΝΑΥΤΟΙΣΠΑΝΤΑ
- 3[ - - - ···]ΩΝΙΔΙΩΝ[··] vacat
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
καὶ
Μελίτιον
Πυθίω
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
νος
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ν
</orig>
καὶ
τ
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
id="gap04"
dim="internal"
/>
ὰ
ἐν
αὐτοῖς
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
πάντα
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐκ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τ
</supplied>
ῶν
ἰδίων
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
dim="internal"
/>
<space
extent="7"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="line"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
l. 2, apparently a fault in the stone between Τ and Α.
Translation:
[·· ? ··] and Melition daughter of Pythion made the [·· ? ··] and everything in them [·· ? ·· at] their own expense [·· ? ··]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Block 1, left part (1977)
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- Block 1, right part (1977)
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- Block 1, face (1978)
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- Block 2, face (1977)
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- Block 2, face (1983)
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