13.136. Funerary fragment
- Description:
- Left end of a broken white marble sarcophagus lid (W. c. 1.32 x H. 0.30 x D. 1.04).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one projection (a) and on the edge (b).
- Letters:
- Square forms; angular sigma, omega, omicron; a., 0.07, b. not measured.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, North-east, near chamber tomb
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition, 1994 (Sarcophagus Index 445)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- a
- 1 ζῶν[τες]
- b
- 1 ἡ σορὸς καὶ αἱ [·· ? ··]
- a
- 1ΖΩΝ[···]
- b
- 1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΑΙ[ - - - ]
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ζῶν
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</ab>
τες
</supplied>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἡ
σορὸς
καὶ
αἱ
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
a. They are alive.
b. The sarcophagus and the [·· ? ··]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1994)
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