Description:
Fragment from the right side of a white marble relief panel (W. 0.16 × H. 0.23 × D. 0.075). Within recessed area, one leg of a man in a tunic, holding a staff. To right, a smooth raised edge.
Text:
Inscribed on a raised area below.
Letters:
0.024-0.015; small omicron.
Date:
First to fouth centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1981)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1970 (70.549)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ··]Τροφίμον
2[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣[·]
2a[·· ? ··
1[ - - - ]ΤΡΟΦΙΜΟΝ
2[ - - - ]····[·]
2a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
Τροφίμον
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιιιι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<lb n="2a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] of Trophimos [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Trophimos is presumably the personal name of the man represented.

[[[Any relation to Robert's shepherd tomb?]]]

Photographs:

Face (1981)
 Face (1981)

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