Description:
White marble block complete above but broken on all sides and below (W. 0.53 × H. 0.33 × D. 0.19); it looks very like a theatre seat.
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
Cursive epsilon, sigma, omega; 0.09-0.10
Date:
First to fourth centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1969)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1969 (69.367)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ··]Σ̣ΥΙΩ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· κ]ατέχ̣ε̣τ[αι ·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·ΥΙΩ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ·]ΑΤΕ··Τ[·· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
υιω
</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" >
κ
</supplied>
ατέ
<unclear reason="damage" >
χε
</unclear>
τ
<supplied reason="lost" >
αι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 1, perhaps from υἱῶν or υἱῶνος (sons, grandson)

l. 2, Ε̣ or Σ̣

Translation:

[·· ? ··] it is reserved [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Apparently, but not certainly, a seat reservation.

Photographs:
none.

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