15.256. Fragment from honours
- Description:
- Greyish marble fragment without edges (W. 0.25 × H. 0.27 × D. 0.08).
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face.
- Letters:
- 0.035; Σ with crossing intersection, Κ with short arms. Horizontal bar above Γ in l. 1.
- Date:
- First century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Stray
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1968 (68.463)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0 ·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ··] vac. [·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··] Γ(αιο-) scroll Το[·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ··]ΙΟΣ v. καὶ̣[·· ? ··]
- 4[·· ? ··]ωνος Ι̣[·· ? ··]
- 5[·· ? ··]Ο̣ΣΤΙ̣·[·· ? ··]
- 5a[·· ? ··]
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ] [ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]Γ scroll ΤΟ[ - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]ΙΟΣ ΚΑ·[ - - - ]
- 4[ - - - ]ΩΝΟΣ·[ - - - ]
- 5[ - - - ]·ΣΤ··[ - - - ]
- 5a[·· ? ··]
<ab>
</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"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Γ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
αιο-
</supplied>
<g
type="scroll"
/>
Το
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ιοσ
</orig>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
κα
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ὶ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
ωνος
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
στ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="illegible"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="left"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
The bar above the gamma almost certainly indicates that it stands for the Roman praenomen Gaius; Το then probably begins a nomen. Too little survives elsewhere for secure interpretation; we may have several Roman names.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
-
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