15.307. Funerary fragment; stray, undated
- Description:
- Piece from the lower moulding of a marble sarcophagus front (W. 0.31 × H. 0.18 × D. 0.19).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- l.1, 0.22; l.2, 0.027
- Date:
- Second century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Stray in 1974
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1978)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.84)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 0 ·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ·· εἰς τὸ ἱε]ρώτατο̣[ν ταμεῖον ·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··] τ[ὴ]ν σορὸν Ε[·· ? ··]
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ·······]ΡΩΤΑΤ·[········ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]Τ[·]ΝΣΟΡΟΝΕ[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
εἰς
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τὸ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἱε
</supplied>
ρώτατ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ν
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ταμεῖον
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
τ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὴ
</supplied>
ν
σορὸν
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ε
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ·· into the] most sacred treasury [·· ? ··] the tomb [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
Funerary, l. 1 probably from the instructions for payment of a fine for misuse of the tomb.
Photographs:
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