Description:
White marble sarcophagus lid (W. 2.05 x H. c. 0.35 x D. 0.94), broken away to right.
Text:
Inscribed on the edge, which is interrupted by the vertical projections.
Letters:
Standard forms; 0.015-0.02.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Necropolis, North-east chamber tomb, 1994.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition, in 1994 (Sarcophagus index 443a)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ τόπος καθ' οὗ ἐπικεῖται ἐστιν Μάρκου Α[ὐ]ρηλίο[υ Ἑρ]-
2μογένους τοῦ Νάρδο projection υ εἰς ἣν σορὸν τέθαπται αὐ[?τὸς ···]
3 αὐτοῦ ταφήσεται δὲ projection καὶ Τατιανὸς ὁ προγεγραμμέν[?ος ···]
4 τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ κ projection αὶ οὓς ἄν ζῶν ὁ Τατιανὸς ἢ [···]
5[οὐ]δεὶς ἕξει ἐξουσ projection ίαν ἐνθάψαι ἢ ἐκθάψ[αι ·· ? ··]
1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΟΤΟΠΟΣΚΑΘ'ΟΥΕΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙΕΣΤΙΝΜΑΡΚΟΥΑ[·]ΡΗΛΙΟ[···]
2ΜΟΓΕΝΟΥΣΤΟΥΝΑΡΔΟ projection ΥΕΙΣΗΝΣΟΡΟΝΤΕΘΑΠΤΑΙΑΥ[··· ···]
3ΑΥΤΟΥΤΑΦΗΣΕΤΑΙΔΕ projection ΚΑΙΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΣΟΠΡΟΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝ[·· ···]
4ΤΑΤΕΚΝΑΑΥΤΟΥΚ projection ΑΙΟΥΣΑΝΖΩΝΟΤΑΤΙΑΝΟΣΗ[···]
5[··]ΔΕΙΣΕΞΕΙΕΞΟΥΣ projection ΙΑΝΕΝΘΑΨΑΙΗΕΚΘΑΨ[·· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
σορὸς
καὶ
τόπος
καθ'
οὗ
ἐπικεῖται
ἐστιν
Μάρκου
Α
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
ρηλίο
<supplied reason="lost" >
υ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Ἑρ
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
μογένους
τοῦ
Νάρδο
<g type="projection" />
υ
εἰς
ἣν
σορὸν
τέθαπται
αὐ
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
τὸς
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<lb n="3" />
αὐτοῦ
ταφήσεται
δὲ
<g type="projection" />
καὶ
Τατιανὸς
προγεγραμμέν
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
τὰ
τέκνα
αὐτοῦ
κ
<g type="projection" />
αὶ
οὓς
ἄν
ζῶν
Τατιανὸς
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
οὐ
</supplied>
δεὶς
ἕξει
ἐξουσ
<g type="projection" />
ίαν
ἐνθάψαι
ἐκθάψ
<supplied reason="lost" >
αι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

The sarcophagus and the place on which it is placed belongs to Marcus Aurelius Hermogenes son of Nardos, in which sarcophagus has been buried [ . . .] of him, and will be buried also the aforementioned Tatianos [·· ? ··] his children, and whomever Tatianos, in his lifetime, [·· ? ··] no-one will have authority to bury or to exhume [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

The text must have continued some considerable way to the right.

Photographs:

Lid (1994)
 Lid (1994)
Lid (1994)
 Lid (1994)
Lid (1994)
 Lid (1994)
Lid (1994)
 Lid (1994)
Lid (1994)
 Lid (1994)

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