Description:
Fragment from the left side of a moulded tabella ansata (W. 0.15 × H. 0.13 × D. 0.08), probably from a sarcophagus front.
Text:
Inscribed in the tabella.
Letters:
Second to third centuries A.D. standard forms; 0.025.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1971 (71.402)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
0·· ? ··]
1Ν̣[·· ? ··]
2ΛΑ̣[·· ? ··]
3ΖΟ̣[·· ? ··]
3a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1·[ - - - ]
2Λ·[ - - - ]
3Ζ·[ - - - ]
3a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
λ
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ζ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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