Description:
White marble fragment from a sarcophagus lid.
Text:
Inscribed (l. 1) on upper moulding and (ll. 2-3) on recessed fascia below, which is interrupted by a projection to right.
Letters:
Standard first to third century A.D. forms.
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Necropolis, West: 25 m. N.W. of West Gate (near 13.618=Walls 132)
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1973)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (West Cemetery 8).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]Ο̣Ι̣Ν̣[·]Τ̣Ω̣[·]Ο̣Σ̣ΤΑ [··]Ν̣[·]Ν[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· ἐξουσί]αν ἐν vac. [θάψαι ·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ·· ἐπάρατος]καὶ τυ vac. [μβωρύχος ·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]···[·]··[·]··ΤΑ[··]·[·]Ν[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ······]ΑΝΕΝ   [····· - - - ]
3[ - - - ········]ΚΑΙΤΥ   [········ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
οιν
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
τω
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
οσ
</unclear>
τα
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ν
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐξουσί
</supplied>
αν
ἐν
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
θάψαι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐπάρατος
</supplied>
καὶ
τυ
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
μβωρύχος
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

Elements from a funerary prohibition.

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1973)
 Face (1973)

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