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Unpublished.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>
<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" >
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
θάψαι
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[...] memorial [...] daughter? [...] bury [...]

Commentary:
no comment.
Photographs:
none.

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