15.306. Funerary fragment, II-III cent.
- Description:
- Piece from the moulding of a sarcophagus lid (W. 0.14 × H. 0.10 × D. 0.17).
- Text:
- Inscribed on two planes.
- Letters:
- Standard II-III forms; l.1, 0.025, l.2, 0.02
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Stray
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1973 (73.99)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ·· εἰς τὸ ἱερ]ώτατον [ταμεῖον ·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ·· ?ἐν ?δὲ ?ταῖς ?εἰσωσῖαι]ς̣ κηδε[?υθήσεται ·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ········]ΩΤΑΤΟΝ[······· - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ················]·ΚΗΔΕ[········ - - - ]
Apparatus
l. 2, Σ̣ could be Ε.
Translation:
. . .] to the most sacred treasury [ . . . in the burial-niches ] be buried [ . . .
Commentary:
From a funerary text. Supplements are suggested based on the basis of standard formulae. They must give the approximate sense if not the exact words. L.1 comes from the arrangement for use of money taken in a fine for misuse of the main burial place; l. 2 indicates that the tomb was a complex one calling for a second account of who might be placed in subsidiary burial places.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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