12.601. Fragment (Hellenistic)
- 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- Unpublished.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"
>
</orig>
ε
</unclear>
<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"
>
</orig>
ιρι
</unclear>
<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)
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