Description:
White marble fragment with upper edge, apparently cut down ? from funerary monument or a statue base (W. 0.16 × H. 0.55 × D. 0.25).Masonry block.
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face.
Letters:
Standard second to third century forms; 0.028
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Old Museum, stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 24; SBI 153)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ·· Λου]κίου Ι̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· εἰσώσ]τη stop κη[δευθήσ·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ·· προδηλ]ουμε[ν·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ·· Κλα]ύδιος [·· ? ·· ·· ? ··]
5[·· ? ·· Κλαύ]διος [·· ? ··]
6[·· ? ·· Αὐρ]ηλιο[·· ? ··]
7[·· ? ··]ΚΟΥ[·· ? ··]
8[·· ? ··]Σ̣ΡΟ[·· ? ··]
9[·· ? ··]Τ̣ΑΙΟ[·· ? ··]
10 [·· ? ··]Ι̣Α[·· ? ··]
11[·· ? ··]Ξ̣ΛΕ̣[·· ? ··]
12[·· ? ··]Σ stop Ι̣[·· ? ··]
12a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ···]ΚΙΟΥ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ·····]ΤΗ stop ΚΗ[······ - - - ]
3[ - - - ······]ΟΥΜΕ[· - - - ]
4[ - - - ···]ΥΔΙΟΣ[ - - - - - - ]
5[ - - - ····]ΔΙΟΣ[ - - - ]
6[ - - - ···]ΗΛΙΟ[ - - - ]
7[ - - - ]ΚΟΥ[ - - - ]
8[ - - - ]·ΡΟ[ - - - ]
9[ - - - ]·ΑΙΟ[ - - - ]
10[ - - - ]·Α[ - - - ]
11[ - - - ]·Λ·[ - - - ]
12[ - - - ]Σ stop ·[ - - - ]
12a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Λου
</supplied>
κίου
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</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" >
εἰσώσ
</supplied>
τη
<g type="stop" />
κη
<supplied reason="lost" >
δευθήσ
</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" >
προδηλ
</supplied>
ουμε
<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Κλα
</supplied>
ύδιος
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Κλαύ
</supplied>
διος
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Αὐρ
</supplied>
ηλιο
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="7" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
κου
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="8" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
ρο
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="9" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
αιο
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="10" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
α
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="11" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ξ
</unclear>
λ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ε
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="12" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
σ
</orig>
<g type="stop" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="12a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

Mentions of ?vault, Claudius (twice), ?Aurelius, the ?aforementioned

Photographs:

Face (1978)
 Face (1978)

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