15.15. Funerary fragment
- Description:
- Two joining upper edge fragments from a white marble sarcophagus, with moulding below.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the fascia of upper moulding.
- Letters:
- standard forms;
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Old Museum, stray; Museum no. 26
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1961)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 45)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··τ]ὴ̣ν σορ̣όν[·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ·]·ΝΣΟ·ΟΝ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ὴ
</unclear>
ν
σο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ρ
</unclear>
όν
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] the sarcophagus [·· ? ··]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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