Description:
White marble fragment from a sarcophagus moulding (W. 0.31 × H. 0.20 × D. 0.13)
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.02
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
City, Water Channel area 84.1, surface
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1984 (84.3)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··ἡσ]ορος κα[ὶ ·· ? ··]
2 [·· ? ··]γ̣αθου[·· ? ··]
3 [·· ? ··]ΕΣΤ [·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··
1[ - - - ··]ΟΡΟΣΚΑ[· - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΑΘΟΥ[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΕΣΤ[ - - - ]
4[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
σ
</supplied>
ορος
κα
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
γ
</unclear>
αθου
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
ΕΣΤ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

The sarcophagus and the [ . . . belong to ?Epag]athos [ . . .

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1985)
 Face (1985)

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