Description:
Fragment of a fluted white marble sarcophagus front (W. 1.06 x H. 0.81 x D. c. 0.03).
Text:
Inscribed on the upper moulding, which is very worn.
Letters:
c. 0.03, square sigma.
Date:
Probably second half of second century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
City, North-west: re-used in a field wall north west of the Hadrianic Baths.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1988)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1988 (Village 15)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]ος Φλ(αβίου) Ὑψικλέ̣ους̣ ΒΟΟ̣[·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]ΟΣΦΛΥΨΙΚΛ·ΟΥ·ΒΟ·[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
ος
<expan>
<abbr>
Φλ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
αβίου
</supplied>
</expan>
Ὑψικλ
<unclear reason="damage" >
</unclear>
ου
<unclear reason="damage" >
ς
</unclear>
<orig n="unresolved" >
βο
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

Reference to Fl(avius) Hypsikles.

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1988)
 Face (1988)

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