15.308. Sarcophagus fragment
- Description:
- Piece from the top of a marble sarcophagus front (W. 0.16 × H. 0.17 × D. 0.29) .
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face; ll. 1-2 on upper moulding.
- Letters:
- 0.023
- Date:
- Second century A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Stray
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.236)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··]κατὰ Τ[·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··]ΑΝΤΑΕ[·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ··]Κ̣ΟΡΟΙΤ[·· ? ··]
- 4[·· ? ·· ?δια]τ̣άξητ[αι ·· ? ··]
- 5[·· ? ··] τοὺς [·· ? ··]
- 5a[·· ? ··
- 1[ - - - ]ΚΑΤΑΤ[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]ΑΝΤΑΕ[ - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]·ΟΡΟΙΤ[ - - - ]
- 4[ - - - ···]·ΑΞΗΤ[·· - - - ]
- 5[ - - - ]ΤΟΥΣ[ - - - ]
- 5a[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
κατὰ
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
τ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ανταε
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
κ
</unclear>
οροιτ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
δια
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
άξητ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
αι
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
τοὺς
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Apparatus
l. 3, Κ could be Χ
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
Surely funerary; l. 4 probably from a statement of the right of the owner to designate persons for burial in subsidiary tomb-places.
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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