Description:
Two fragments of a white marble column sarcophagus inscribed on the lower edge.
Text:
a. Inscribed area W. 0.57 × H. 0.035; b. Inscribed area W. 0.48 x H. 0.035
Letters:
0.02
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
City, Water Channel area III, Tr.1, Str. 1, at - 2.30
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1963 (63.597)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
a
1[·· ? ··]Ν τὸ γεγραπτόν scroll
b
1[·· ? ·· χαῖρ]ε παροδῖτα καὶ στ[·· ? ··]
a
1[ - - - ]ΝΤΟΓΕΓΡΑΠΤΟΝ scroll
b
1[ - - - ····]ΕΠΑΡΟΔΙΤΑΚΑΙΣΤ[ - - - ]
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
Ν
τὸ
γεγραπτόν
<g type="scroll" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
χαῖρ
</supplied>
ε
παροδῖτα
καὶ
στ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a. . . . ] which is written.

b. [?farewell] passer-by, and [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

The identification of this text (recorded as Museum 9) and the catalogued item is not entirely certain.

Photographs:
none.

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