15.309. Funerary fragment, stray and undated
- Description:
- Fragment from the lower edge of a sarcophagus, with right edge apparently surviving (W. 0.42 × H. 0.14 × D. 0.37).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Standard forms; 0.017
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Stray in 1979
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1980)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1979 (79.14)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ·· ἀσεβ]ὴ̣ς καὶ ἐπάρατο[ς]
- 2[και τυμβωρύχοι ·· ? ··]ΟΣΙΟΙΣ vac.
- 1[ - - - ····]·ΣΚΑΙΕΠΑΡΑΤΟ[·]
- 2[············· - - - ]ΟΣΙΟΙΣ
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἀσεβ
</supplied>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ὴ
</unclear>
ς
καὶ
ἐπάρατο
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ς
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
και
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τυμβωρύχοι
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
οσιοις
</orig>
<space
extent="4"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] sacrilegious and accursed [·· ? ··] and grave-robbers [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
l. 1 is from the funerary curse upon those who disturb the tomb; l. 2 is not from any of the standard formulae. Could there be a use of ἀνόσιοι to those cursed?
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
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- Face (1980)
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