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>
<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" >
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
νος
</supplied>
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

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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