<rs type="textType">Funerary</rs> fragment from nr. West Gate

Joyce M. Reynolds2007

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Unpublished inscription. This version born digital.

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Description of Monument

White marble fragment from a sarcophagus lid.

Description of Text

Inscribed (l. 1) on upper moulding and (ll. 2-3) on recessed fascia below, which is interrupted by a projection to right.

Letters

Standard first to third century A.D. forms.

Date

First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).

Edition οιντωοστα νν ἐξουσίαν ἐνθάψαι ἐπάρατοςκαὶ τυμβωρύχος
Translation

Elements from a funerary prohibition.

Commentary

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Locations

Necropolis, West: 25 m. N.W. of West Gate (near 13.618=Walls 132) Unknown Findspot (1973)

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition (West Cemetery 8).

Bibliography

Unpublished.

Photographs

Face (1973)