Description:
Fragment from a sarcophagus front, moulded above (W. 0.32 × H. 0.145 × D. 0.18).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Standard forms; 0.022
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Walls, South (east part): clearing S. face of S. wall excavations.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1978)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1977 (77.122).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0[·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]αὐτῷ ΟΙΙ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Ρ̣ΟΣΘΕ[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··
0[ - - - ]
1[ - - - ]ΑΥΤΩΟΙ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΟΣΘΕ[ - - - ]
3[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
αὐτῷ
ΟΙ
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ι
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ρ
</unclear>
ΟΣΘΕ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Apparatus

? προσθεν or something from προστιθημι

Translation:

[...]to him/it [...]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)

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