13.129. Funerary fragment from Turkish Cemetery
- Description:
- Moulded white marble fragment (W. 0.37 × H. 0.26 × D. 0.73) from sarcophagus lid.
- Text:
- Inscribed, l.1, on upper moulding, l.2 on inset face.
- Letters:
- Standard forms, 0.02; ligature, l.2, ΜΝΗΜ.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, North-east: S.W. of old Turkish cemetery.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (East Cemetery 1)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἐπὶ στεφαν̣[ηφόρου ···]
- 2 τὸ μνημεί̣ο̣ν[···]
- 1ΕΠΙΣΤΕΦΑ·[······ ···]
- 2ΤΟΜΝΗΜΕ··Ν[···]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἐπὶ
στεφα
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ηφόρου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
τὸ
μνημ
ε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ίο
</unclear>
ν
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
Reference to a stephanephoros, and to a memorial
Photographs:
- Face (1976)
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