Description:
Fragment of a white marble statue base, (W. 0.47 × H. 0.32 × D. 0.14).
Text:
Inscribed on the exposed face.
Letters:
c. 0.025.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Walls, West: between the two farmhouses
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1976)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition (Walls 103).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]···[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]··ΛΑΙΑΣ̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··ἀ]μ̣φοτερο[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··]γενεσθ[·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ν star ΟΠΩ[·· ? ··]
6[·· ? ··]Ν̣ΤΩΝΠΡΑ[·· ? ··]
7[·· ? ··]ερισμενω̣[·· ? ··]
8[·· ? ··]ΤΟΙΣΤ[·· ? ··]
8a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]···[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]··ΛΑΙΑ·[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ·]·ΦΟΤΕΡΟ[ - - - ]
4[ - - - ]ΓΕΝΕΣΘ[ - - - ]
5[ - - - ]·Ν star ΟΠΩ[ - - - ]
6[ - - - ]·ΤΩΝΠΡΑ[ - - - ]
7[ - - - ]ΕΡΙΣΜΕΝ·[ - - - ]
8[ - - - ]ΤΟΙΣΤ[ - - - ]
8a[·· ? ··
<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" />
<gap reason="illegible" extent="3" unit="character" dim="internal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<gap reason="illegible" extent="2" unit="character" dim="internal" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
λαια
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
μ
</unclear>
φοτερο
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
γενεσθ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
ν
</orig>
<g type="star" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
οπω
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
τ
ωνπρα
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
ερισμεν
<unclear reason="damage" >
ω
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
τοιστ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="8a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, traces not deciphered

l. 2, first letter probably Τ or Γ

l. 6, possibly ligatured ΝΤ.

Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1975)
 Face (1975)
Face (1976)
 Face (1976)

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