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Unpublished.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>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιο
</unclear>
</orig>
<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" >
π
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="4" unit="character" />
<lb n="7a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[ . . . (reference to a woman)] having died untimely, on account of good birth and [...]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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