11.216. Funerary fragment
- 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- Unpublished.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>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
Ν
τὸ
γεγραπτόν
<g
type="scroll"
/>
<div
type="textpart_fragment"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<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"
/>
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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