Description:
Fragment of a white marble block without back or edges (W. 0.32 × H. 0.13 × D. 0.26).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
c. 0.03
Date:
First century A.D. (lettering, formulae)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1969 (69.373)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]ΝΤΟ παν[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· ?μετη]λλάχθα[ι ·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]ΤΟΝ̣Α̣Ι̣[·· ? ··]
3a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]ΝΤΟΠΑΝ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ····]ΛΛΑΧΘΑ[· - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΤΟ···[ - - - ]
3a[·· ? ··
<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" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ντο
</orig>
παν
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
μετη
</supplied>
λλάχθα
<supplied reason="lost" >
ι
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
το
<unclear reason="damage" >
ναι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Apparatus

l. 3, Ν̣ could just be Υ.

Translation:

[...] the entire [...] deceased [...]

Commentary:

It would be reasonable to propose [?μετη]λλάχθα[ι] in l. 2, in which case we have a text recording honours paid to a recently deceased person.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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