Description:
Fragment from a white marble block (W. 0.08 × H. 0.18 × D. 0.10).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
c. 0.02
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
City, Water Channel area: 'Wa.Ch. IV, Tr.2, Str.1, at -0.30'
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1964 (64.113)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ι̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΕΤ[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ·· πα]τ̣ριδ[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··] καὶ̣ [·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ··]Ε̣Σ[·· ? ··]
5a·· ? ··]
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΕΤ[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ··]·ΡΙΔ[ - - - ]
4[ - - - ]ΚΑ·[ - - - ]
5[ - - - ]·Σ[ - - - ]
5a·· ? ··]
<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" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ετ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
πα
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
ριδ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
κα
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
σ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] fatherland [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Possibly from the list of virtues of an honorand or family thanked for services to the country.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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