11.108. Funerary fragment
- Description:
- Fragment from a white marble sarcophagus front (W. c. 0.40 x H. 0.24 x D. 0.17).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the upper moulding (l.1) and in a recess below (ll. 2 ff).
- Letters:
- standard second to third century forms; l.1, 0.02; l.2 ff., 0.015. Ligatures: l.1, ΜΝΗΜ
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- City, North-east: in a pile of stones just inside the NE wall, due west of the Water Channel area
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1989 (89.e)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· ? ·· τὸ] μνημαῖο[ν]
- 2[·· ? ·· θ]υγα -
- 3[τ- ·· ? ·· ἐ]ν̣θάψαι
- 4[·· ? ··
- 1[ - - - ··]ΜΝΗΜΑΙΟ[·]
- 2[ - - - ·]ΥΓΑ
- 3[·· - - - ·]·ΘΑΨΑΙ
- 4[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τὸ
</supplied>
μνημαῖο
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ν
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
θ
</supplied>
υγα
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τ-
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
θάψαι
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
[...] memorial [...] daughter? [...] bury [...]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
- Photographs:
- none.
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