12.710. Fragmentary honours, second/third century
- Description:
- Fragment from a white marble upper moulding (W. 0.35 × H. 0.17 × D. 0.13).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the moulding.
- Letters:
- 0.025.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering; cutting).
- Findspot:
- Walls, South (west part), in the south wall gap, section C.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1976)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition (76.53).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··] ἐτείμησεν̣ [·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΕ·[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
>
ἐτείμησε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ν
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] honoured [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
Apart from the obvious fact that this text would be honorary, no comment is possible.
Photographs:
- Face (1976)
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- Face (1977)
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