15.282. Fragmentary honours for a victor
- Description:
- A white marble fragment, probably from a statue base shaft broken on all sides (H. 0.23 x W. 0.165 x D. 0.15).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- standard second/third-century forms, 0.03
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Stray
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Stray find by the NYU excavations.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, PPA 73
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ··] Ι̣ [·] Λ̣ΠΙ̣ [·· ? ··]
- 2[πρῶτ]ον καὶ μ̣[όνον]
- 3[τῶν] ἀπ'αἰώ̣[νος]
- 4[·· ? ··
- 1[ - - - ]·[·]·Π·[ - - - ]
- 2[····]ΟΝΚΑΙ·[····]
- 3[···]ΑΠ'ΑΙ·[···]
- 4[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Λ
</unclear>
Π
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Ι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
πρῶτ
</supplied>
ον
καὶ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
μ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
όνον
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τῶν
</supplied>
ἀπ'
αἰ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ώ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
νος
</supplied>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
. . . ] first and only of [men] of all time [ to win . . .
Commentary:
For this formula compare 12.716.5-7.
- Photographs:
- none.
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