Description:
Two white marble fragments; a. burnt and from the left side (W. 0.075 × H. 0.08 × D. 0.11), b. without back or edges (W. 0.10 × H. 0.75 × D. 0.25).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.025; b. l. 1, NK ligatured.
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
City, Water Channel area, a. 'Wa.Ch. IV, stray near Tr.3'; b. 'Wa.Ch. IV, Tr.2, Str. 1, at -0.30'
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Found by the NYU expedition in 1964 (a. 64.210, b. 64.114)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
a
1·· ? ··]
2ΖΗ[·· ? ··]
3Ε̣Ι̣Τ[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··
b
0 ·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Α̣Ν κτί̣[?στην ·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Ν̣Ε̣ [·· ? ··]
2a[·· ? ··
a
1·· ? ··]
2ΖΗ[ - - - ]
3··Τ[ - - - ]
4[·· ? ··
b
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·ΝΚΤ·[···· - - - ]
2[ - - - ]··[ - - - ]
2a[·· ? ··
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="2" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ζη
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ει
</unclear>
τ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
ν
</orig>
κτ
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
στην
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
νε
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>

Apparatus

b. l. 1, Λ, Ι, or Η all possible

b. l. 2, Ε, Π, or Γ all possible

Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

There was perhaps a reference to the founders of the city, cf. index s.v. κτίστης.

Photographs:

Fragment a. (1977)
 Fragment a.  (1977)
Fragment b. (1977)
 Fragment b.  (1977)

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