34. Verse honours for Androcles, a benefactor

Monument: The cornice below the rim of the Theatre stage.
Text: On the upper fascia of the cornice is a second-century inscription (SEG 26.1220); below that is a protruding moulding, and below that two fasciae, on the upper of which (0.07 high) this text is cut. The letters are very lightly cut, with red paint still to be seen in some of them. Those that survive are below the centre of the stage, on the fifth, sixth and seventh blocks from the north end; since all the blocks are in place, it seems likely that the rest of the text, including the gaps in this fragment, was painted, and either not incised at all, or cut so shallowly that it can no longer be detected.
Letters: 0.055-0.06; very simple.
Date: Fourth century (lettering).

[...εὐ]εργεσίης [... c. 4 ...] Ἀνδροκλέ[ο]υ[ς] ν[.]ει[...]

[...] benefaction [... c. 4 ...] (of) ?Androcles [.]EI[...]

Left end (1978) Theatre stage view (1973) Theatre centre stage view (1973)

See discussion at III.40.

Recording: Found during the NYU excavations in the Theatre.
Bibliography: Published by •Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 34, whence PHI 715, Steinepigramme 02/09/94.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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