Description:
Fragment of the front of a white marble garland sarcophagus (W. 0.76 × H. 0.57 × D. 0.14) without edges.
Text:
Inscribed within the surviving garland.
Letters:
0.04-0.05. Aligned slanting upwards, rather lightly cut.
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Necropolis, North: in field, N. of walls, S. of main road.
Original Location:
Unknown: Necropolis, North
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1975)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1988 (Walls 1).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 [·· ? ··μηνὸς]
1Γορπιαίο[υ]
0[ - - - ·····]
1ΓΟΡΠΙΑΙΟ[·]
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
μηνὸς
</supplied>
<lb n="1" />
Γορπιαίο
<supplied reason="lost" >
υ
</supplied>
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] in the month Gorpiaon.

Commentary:

From the end of a funerary prohibition.

Photographs:

Face (1975)
 Face (1975)

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