15.241. Funerary fragment, I-II cent.
- Description:
- Piece from the top left corner of a sarcophagus front W. 0.18 × H. 0.19 × D. 0.08
- Text:
- Inscribed along the rim above a high relief, showing a head surmounted by folds of drapery.
- Letters:
- 0.02-0.025
- Date:
- First to second centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Stray
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1964 (64.1)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ΕΠΙΒΟ̣[·· ? ··]
- 1ΕΠΙΒ·[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
επιβ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ο
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
cf. ? 13.105.i (=MAMA 499A): ἐπεβόησαν τειμηθῆναι αὐτὸν (on a sarcophagus)
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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- Face (1980)
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