Description:
Fragment from the front of a white marble sarcophagus (W. 0.34 × H. 0.56 × D. 0.14).
Text:
Inscribed along the upper rim and within a moulded panel of which the upper left corner survives.
Letters:
perhaps third century; 0.025 - 0.035; square sigma.
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1986 (no inventory number)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 ἡ σορός [·· ? ··]
2θυγατρό[ς ·· ? ··]
3 νίου [·· ? ··]
4χονίου̣ [·· ? ··]
5 ΣΙΜ [·· ? ··]
6 vac. [·· ? ··]
1ΗΣΟΡΟΣ[ - - - ]
2ΘΥΓΑΤΡΟ[· - - - ]
3ΝΙΟΥ[ - - - ]
4ΧΟΝΙΟ·[ - - - ]
5ΣΙΜ[ - - - ]
6   [ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
σορός
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
θυγατρό
<supplied reason="lost" >
ς
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
νίου
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
χονίο
<unclear reason="damage" >
υ
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
ΣΙΜ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>

Translation:

The tomb [...] daughter [...] [-]nios [...] [-]chonios [...]

Commentary:
no comment.
Photographs:
none.

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