15.311. Funerary fragment; stray and undated
- Description:
- Fragment from the lower edge of a marble sarcophagus front (W. 0.25 × H. 0.12 × D. 0.35).
- Text:
- Inscribed in a single line on the moulding.
- Letters:
- Standard forms, 0.02; ΜΗ in ligature.
- Date:
- Perhaps second century A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Stray in 1979.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1980)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1979 (79.23)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 [·· ? ··]Ο̣Σ μηδενὸς ἔ[χοντος ἐχουσίαν [·· ? ··]]
- 1[ - - - ]·ΣΜΗΔΕΝΟΣΕ[···············]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
σ
</orig>
μη
δενὸς
ἔ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
χοντος ἐχουσίαν
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</supplied>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] no one having [he right to bury anyone else there] [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
From a version of the standard text which lists those who may be buried in the tomb and follows the list with a ban on anyone else.
Photographs:
- Face (1980)
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- Face (1980)
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