Description:
Fragment without edges (W. 0.26 × H. 0.12 × D. 0.12).
Text:
Inscribed on the surviving face.
Letters:
Cursive, 0.027.
Date:
Probably second century 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 (79.17)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
0 ·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Λ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··] v. ἐξουσία[ν ·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··] ἀ̣π̣ο̣τεί[σει ·· ? ··]
3a[·· ? ··
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·····[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ] ΕΞΟΥΣΙΑ[· - - - ]
3[ - - - ]···ΤΕΙ[··· - - - ]
3a[·· ? ··
<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" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιιιιλ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
ἐξουσία
<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ἀπο
</unclear>
τεί
<supplied reason="lost" >
σει
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
Translation:
not usefully translatable.

Commentary:

From a funerary curse; cf. index s.v. ἐξουσία.

Photographs:

Face (1980)
 Face (1980)

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