Description:
Fragment from a white marble base (W. 0.21 × H. 0.24 × D. 0.245) with upper and lower edges surviving, broken at both sides.
Text:
Inscribed on the face
Letters:
irregular; 0.02-0.028; rho with a tail.
Date:
First century B.C. to first century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Old Museum, a stray find
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1961)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 28)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]ς πάσαις[··]
2[·· ? ··]χον Μενε[··]
3[·· ? ··] ἄνδρα κα̣[λὸν καὶ ?ἀγαθὸν]
4[·· ? ··]σωτῆρα [τῆς πατρίδος] ?[··]
5[·· ? ··]        vacat [··]
1[ - - - ]ΣΠΑΣΑΙΣ[··]
2[ - - - ]ΧΟΝΜΕΝΕ[··]
3[ - - - ]ΑΝΔΡΑΚ·[··· ·········]
4[ - - - ]ΣΩΤΗΡΑ[···········]?[··]
5[ - - - ]       vacat [··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
ς
πάσαις
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
χον
Μενε
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
ἄνδρα
κ
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
λὸν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
καὶ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ἀγαθὸν
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
σωτῆρα
<supplied reason="lost" >
τῆς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
πατρίδος
</supplied>
?
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="1" unit="line" dim="vertical" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

Mentions of all (honours); Mene(krates?); a man who was noble (and good?), a saviour (of his country?)

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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