15.286. Fragment of consolatory text
- Description:
- Upper part of a white marble statue base broken at right side and back (W. 0.32 × H. 0.33 × D. 0.22); originally moulded on at least two sides.
- Text:
- Inscribed within a moulded panel of which the right side moulding is almost entirely lost.
- Letters:
- Ave. 0.022; l.1 on upper moulding, letters truncated; l.2 also on moulding; ligatures: ΤΗ l.3. ΤΗ l.7
- Date:
- First 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 1974 (74.170)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1[·· c. 4 ··]Ι̣Ο̣[·· c. 4 ··]
- 2 πρὸ ὥρας τ[ε]-
- 3λευτήσα -
- 4σαν εὐγε-
- 5νείας τε
- 6ἕνεκε[ν καὶ]
- 7 τῆς Π̣[·· c. 4 ··]
- 7a[·· ? ··
- 1[····]··[····]
- 2ΠΡΟΩΡΑΣΤ[·]
- 3ΛΕΥΤΗΣΑ
- 4ΣΑΝΕΥΓΕ
- 5ΝΕΙΑΣΤΕ
- 6ΕΝΕΚΕ[····]
- 7ΤΗΣ·[····]
- 7a[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ιο
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
πρὸ
ὥρας
τ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ε
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
λευτήσα
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
σαν
εὐγε
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
νείας
τε
<lb
n="6"
/>
ἕνεκε
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ν
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
καὶ
</supplied>
<lb
n="7"
/>
τῆς
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
π
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="7a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
[ . . . (reference to a woman)] having died untimely, on account of good birth and [...]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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