Description:
Upper left corner white marble fragment from a sarcophagus (W. 0.54 x H. 0.33 visible) , partly buried; complete to left, a projection (broken) to right.
Text:
Inscribed on the moulding, each line on a different plane.
Letters:
Standard forms; ll.1, 3, 4, 0.02; l.2, 0.03; diairetic dots beside final I in line 3.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Necropolis, South-east: beside path running east from East Gate
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1973)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Walls 146).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 ἡ σορὸς καὶ ὁ τόπ̣ος̣ [·] ο̣ [···]
2 υἱοῦ Τιβερίου [···]
3 Ἀντωνία Ι[···]
4 ΤΩΝ καὶ οὓς ἄν ὁ [··· βουληθῆ ···]
4a[·· ? ··
1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΟΤΟ·Ο·[·]·[···]
2ΥΙΟΥΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ[···]
3ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΙ[···]
4ΤΩΝΚΑΙΟΥΣΑΝΟ[·········· ···]
4a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
σορὸς
καὶ
τό
<unclear reason="damage" >
π
</unclear>
ο
<unclear reason="damage" >
ς
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
υἱοῦ
Τιβερίου
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
Ἀντωνία
Ι
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
των
</orig>
καὶ
οὓς
ἄν
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
βουληθῆ
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<lb n="4a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

The sarcophagus and the place [·· ? ··] son of Tiberius [·· ? ··] Antonia [ . . .] and whomever [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Standard elements of funerary formulae.

Photographs:

Face (1973)
 Face (1973)

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