15.221. Place inscription
- 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- Unpublished.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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