Inventory Number: | I 1269 | |
Section Number: | ΟΕ 10 | |
ΚΚ 1262 | ||
Title: | Tombstone Fragments | |
Category: | Inscriptions | |
Description: | Latin inscription. Elizabeth Cumming's Epitaph. Fragment ΟΕ 10 a), broken behind and on all sides. Lettered surface smooth but undulating. Letters lightly cut. Three lines of the inscription preserved. Fragment ΚΚ 1262 b), two joining pieces. Left edge and part of back surface are preserved, both rough picked. The underside was bevelled toward the left edge. The front (top) face was roughly smoothed, and later worn by traffic. Three lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. | |
Context: | a) (ΟΕ 10), found as left by previous excavators, in the area of the New Bouleuterion. b) (ΚΚ 1262), sent in from the area of Hephaisteion, presumably from a disturbed context in the Temple. | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | H. a) 0.23, b) 0.32; Lett. H. a) 0.025, b) 0.03; W. a) 0.35, b) 0.255; Th. a) 0.13, b) 0.082, (at edge) 0.055 | |
Material: | Marble | |
Date: | a) (ΟΕ 10) 27 January 1934 b) (ΚΚ 1262) 18 July 1939 | |
Section: | ΟΕ | |
ΚΚ | ||
Bibliography: | Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), pp. 27-28. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941) Notebook: ΚΚ-11 Notebook: ΟΕ-1 Notebook Page: ΚΚ-11-64 (pp. 2219-2220) Notebook Page: ΟΕ-1-13 (pp. 17-18) Card: I 1269 Card: I 1269 |