Description:
White marble sarcophagus lid (W. 1.17 × H. 0.24 x depth not measurable).
Text:
Inscribed on the moulding which is badly worn; the inscription may well replace an earlier one.
Letters:
0.02-0.03; lunate epsilon and sigma.
Date:
Second to fourth centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
Necropolis, West: on the s. side of the field wall s. of the road to New Geyre.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1976)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (West Cemetery 6).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]ΟΥ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· Δ]ιογένους vac.
3[·· ? ··]Γ
1[ - - - ]ΟΥ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ·]ΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ   
3[ - - - ]Γ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ου
</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" >
Δ
</supplied>
ιογένους
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
γ
</orig>
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] of [D]iogenes [·· ? ··]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1976)
 Face (1976)

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