Description:
Fragment (W. 0.15 x H. 0.13 x D. 0.075) probably from the bottom of a panel - or a sarcophagus front - without edges, but showing traces of a clamp hole on the underside.
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face.
Letters:
Perhaps I AD (earlyish forms of Ν, Π, Ρ); ave. 0.018.
Date:
I (lettering)
Findspot:
City, North-east: Byzantine House near Tetrapylon/Water Channel
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1984 (84.25)
Bibliography:
Unpublished
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Κ̣Ι̣ΩΝΕΙΩ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΝΗΣΤΟΝΙ̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]ΥΗΣΑΣΙ̣Ξ̣[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··]Ρ̣ ἀποτ[είσεται ·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ε̣Τ̣[·· ? ··]
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]··ΩΝΕΙ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΝΗΣΤΟΝ·[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΥΗΣΑΣ··[ - - - ]
4[ - - - ]·ΑΠΟΤ[······· - - - ]
5[ - - - ]···[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Κ
</unclear>
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ι
</unclear>
ΩΝΕΙ
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ω
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ΝΗΣΤΟΝ
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ι
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
ΥΗΣΑΣ
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ι
</unclear>
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ξ
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ρ
</unclear>
ἀποτ
<supplied reason="lost" >
είσεται
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ι
</unclear>
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ε
</unclear>
<unclear reason="damage" >
Τ
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, ΚΙ or Η? Only seriph of omega survives.

l. 5, Only upper horizontal of Ε and Τ survive.

Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1985)
 Face (1985)

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