13.117. ?Honours for anonymous

Description:
a. fragment from the upper edge of a plain white marble block (W. 0.19 × H. 0.22 × D. 0.23); b. probably lower right corner (W. 0.22 × H. 0.16 × D. 0.10).
Text:
Inscribed on the only surviving face; a. is very worn.
Letters:
0.03-0.032; b. star-stop with four prongs only.
Date:
First century A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Necropolis, North-east: field wall east of north-east stretch of the city walls
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1989)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition (Walls 155 (a), and Walls 154(b).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
a
1 vac. Α̣[·· ? ··]
2 καὶ ὁ [δῆμος ·· ? ··]
3Ε[·· ? ··]
3a[·· ? ··
b
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ι̣[···]
2[·· ? ··]ΣΑΠΟ star
3[·· ? ··]Ν star vac.
3a[·· ? ··]        vacat
a
1   ·[ - - - ]
2ΚΑΙΟ[····· - - - ]
3Ε[ - - - ]
3a[·· ? ··
b
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]··[···]
2[ - - - ]ΣΑΠΟ star
3[ - - - ]Ν star    
3a[ - - - ]       vacat
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
καὶ
ὁ
<supplied reason="lost" >
δῆμος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ε
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<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" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
σαπο
</orig>
<g type="star" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ν
</orig>
<g type="star" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="3a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="vertical" />
</ab>
</div>

Apparatus

a. l. 1, the letter is uncertain but if accepted suggests the formula ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ

l. 2, one would expect the formula ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος but if l. 1 was as suggested, it is improbable that the apparently inset title was followed in the same line by ἡ βουλὴ.

Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Fragment a (1989)
 Fragment a (1989)
Fragment a (1989)
 Fragment a (1989)
Fragment b (1989)
 Fragment b (1989)

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