Description:
Fragment of a white marble sarcophagus lid (W. 0.42 × H. 0.20 × D. 0.28).
Text:
Inscribed on two fasciae.
Letters:
0.02
Date:
Second century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Old Museum
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 21)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··?ὑπο]κειμέναις αὐτῇ ἰσω̣[σταις ·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]κ̣ηδευθήσονται [·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ···]ΚΕΙΜΕΝΑΙΣΑΥΤΗΙΣ·[····· - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΗΔΕΥΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
ὑπο
</supplied>
κειμέναις
αὐτῇ
ἰσ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ω
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
σταις
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
κ
</unclear>
ηδευθήσονται
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

References to the vaults lying (?below) it, and 'they will be buried'.

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)
Face (1981)
 Face (1981)

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