Description:
Fragment from the upper part of a white marble sarcophagus front W. 0.90 × H. 0.335 × D. 0.16 with upper part of tabella ansata and a putto in relief to left.
Text:
Inscribed (l.1) on upper edge (very worn) and within tabella (ll. 2 ff).
Letters:
distinctive, partly cursive; l.1, 0.018, l.2 ff. c. 0.03.
Date:
Third century A.D. (nomenclature, lettering)
Findspot:
Stray
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (Museum 29)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 ΗΓ̣Ο̣Ω[·· c. 5 ··]Ι̣Ν̣ [·]Ο̣ΠΟΤΑΝ συνχωρήσιν
2 μετακομισθῆναι
3 Αὐρήλιος Νεικοις
4 ὁ πρόμοιρος υἱὸς
5 καὶ Κλαυδία Ἰου̣λία̣ [?Ἀσ]-
6κωνις ἡ γενο[μένη]
7 τοῦ υἱοῦ Υ̣[·· c. 6 ··]
7a[·· ? ··
1Η··Ω[·····]··[·]·ΠΟΤΑΝΣΥΝΧΩΡΗΣΙΝ
2ΜΕΤΑΚΟΜΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ
3ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟΣΝΕΙΚΟΙΣ
4ΟΠΡΟΜΟΙΡΟΣΥΙΟΣ
5ΚΑΙΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΙΟ·ΛΙ·[··]
6ΚΩΝΙΣΗΓΕΝΟ[····]
7ΤΟΥΥΙΟΥ·[······]
7a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
η
<unclear reason="damage" >
γο
</unclear>
ω
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ΙΝ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ο
</unclear>
ΠΟΤΑΝ
</orig>
συνχωρήσιν
<lb n="2" />
μετακομισθῆναι
<lb n="3" />
Αὐρήλιος
Νεικοις
<lb n="4" />
πρόμοιρος
υἱὸς
<lb n="5" />
καὶ
Κλαυδία
Ἰο
<unclear reason="damage" >
υ
</unclear>
λί
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
Ἀσ
</supplied>
<lb n="6" type="worddiv" />
κωνις
γενο
<supplied reason="lost" >
μένη
</supplied>
<lb n="7" />
τοῦ
υἱοῦ
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
Υ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" />
<lb n="7a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] permission for also to be buried Aurelius Neikois, his son, who died early, and Claudia Julia [As]konis who was [?the wife] of his son [·· ? ··]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

View (1978)
 View (1978)
Detail (1977)
 Detail (1977)

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