Description:
Fragment from the bottom left side of the base of a white marble sarcophagus front, with a relief of a reclining figure, possibly sleeping child or eros (W. 0.16 × H. 0.23 × D. 0.16).
Text:
Inscribed on the face.
Letters:
0.02-0.025; lunate sigma.
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D.
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1966)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1964 (64.4)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 Ἡ σορ[ός ἐστιν ·· ? ··]
1ΗΣΟΡ[······· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
σορ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ός
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἐστιν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

The sarcophagus [belongs to ·· ? ··]

Commentary:

Presumably the beginning of the inscription naming the owner(s) of the sarcophagus.

Photographs:

Face (1966)
 Face (1966)

(cc) You may download this inscription in EpiDoc XML. (You may need the EpiDoc DTD v. 5 to validate this file.)