15.303. Funerary for [·· ? ··] ?son of [?Aure]lius
- Description:
- Upper left corner of a sarcophagus front (W. 0.325 x H. 0.27 x D. 0.24) with moulding a seated lion above.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- 0.02
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Stray in 1970
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1970)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1970 (70.560)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἡ σορὸς καὶ ἰσ[?ώστη ·· ? ··] [?Αὐρη]-
- 2λίου ΕΡ̣Α̣ΤΤ̣[···]
- 2a[·· ? ··
- 1ΗΣΟΡΟΣΚΑΙΙΣ[···· - - - ][····]
- 2ΛΙΟΥΕ··Τ·[···]
- 2a[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἡ
σορὸς
καὶ
ἰσ
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ώστη
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
Αὐρη
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
λίου
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ρα
</unclear>
τ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
τ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Apparatus
l. 1, there was perhaps a reference to the εἰσωσται (ἰσωσται) but one would have expected the article before it; the opening of the owner's name in the genitive case ended the line, and the beginning of l. 2 suggests that he was a Roman citizen and, given the likely date, with the nomen Aurelius (though this cannot be certain).
Translation:
The sarcophagus and the burial [places are the property of [?Aure]lius Erat[·· ? ··]
- Commentary:
- no comment.
- Photographs:
- none.
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