15.348. ?Fragment of funerary verse
- Description:
- Fragment from a white marble ?plaque or a sarcophagus front, with back surviving, but no edges (H. 0.09 × W. 0.13 × D. 0.08).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Av. 0.02; clear, irregular, square.
- Date:
- Fourth-sixth century or later (lettering. metre).
- Findspot:
- Stray find.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1977 (77.151).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 161 whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 741.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··]Ι̣ ψυχ[?ή ·· ? ··]
- 3[·· ? ··]ΑΜΟΝ[·· ? ··]
- 4[·· ? ··]Ι̣ΝΗΣΑΝ[·· ? ··]
- 5[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ι̣Ν̣Κ̣Λ[·· ? ··]
- 6[·· ? ··
- 1·· ? ··]
- 2[ - - - ]·ΨΥΧ[· - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]ΑΜΟΝ[ - - - ]
- 4[ - - - ]·ΝΗΣΑΝ[ - - - ]
- 5[ - - - ]····Λ[ - - - ]
- 6[·· ? ··
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ι
</unclear>
ψυχ
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ή
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="undefined"
>
</orig>
αμον
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ι
</unclear>
νησαν
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ιινκ
</unclear>
λ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="6"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··]?soul[·· ? ··].
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 IX.25.
Photographs:
- Face (1978)
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