Description:
Fragment from the top of a white marble moulding (W. 0.10 × H. 0.29 × D. 0.23).
Text:
Inscribed on the fascia and torus.
Letters:
0.025.
Date:
First to second centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Walls, South (east part): S. wall excavation, Trench 3
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (75.209).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ··]ΜΕ[·]
2[·· ? ··]ΘΡΕ[·]
3[·· ? ··]ΘΗ̣[·]
1[ - - - ]ΜΕ[·]
2[ - - - ]ΘΡΕ[·]
3[ - - - ]Θ·[·]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
με
</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" >
θρε
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
θ
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

Probably funerary and perhaps referring to a θρέπτος.

Photographs:

Face (1975)
 Face (1975)
Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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