Description:
Fragment from the right side of a white marble stele (W. 0.19 × H. 0.40 × D. 0.25).
Text:
Inscribed on one face whose surface is unpolished.
Letters:
0.03.
Date:
Late Hellenistic (lettering).
Findspot:
Walls, South (east part), excavation area, from preliminary clearing
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (75.14).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ν̣ΑΙ [·]
2[·· ? ··]ΕΝΗ v.
3[·· ? ··]ΗΕΞ[·]
4[·· ? ··]Σ̣ΤΕ̣[·]
5[·· ? ··]·ΙΕΡΕ
6[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ρ̣Ι̣
6a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·ΑΙ[·]
2[ - - - ]ΕΝΗ 
3[ - - - ]ΗΕΞ[·]
4[ - - - ]·Τ·[·]
5[ - - - ]·ΙΕΡΕ
6[ - - - ]···
6a[·· ? ··
<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" >
ν
</unclear>
αι
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ενη
</orig>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ηεξ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<gap reason="illegible" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ιερε
</orig>
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιρι
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="6a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 4, Σ might be E

l. 5, the damaged letter might perhaps be Θ

l. 6, Ρ̣ might be Β̣

Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

Insufficient for any valid restoration, but either a priest or a priestly action (e.g. καθιέρευσις) is likely to be involved.

Photographs:

Face (1975)
 Face (1975)
Face (1975)
 Face (1975)

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