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57. Building inscription of Pytheas, in verse

Description

• Monument: Five joining fragments of white marble revetment, with upper and lower edges surviving (H. 0.62, W. 1.28, Th. 0.025).
• Text: Inscribed on the prepared face.
• Letters: 0.275; very mannered; cut with a broad trench, with triangular profile, but with sides unpolished.
• Date: Late fifth century (prosopography).

Text

Translation

[...] Pytheas thrice-blessed [...]

Photographs

Face (1977)	Face (1977)

Commentary

For Pytheas see 55, 56, 58, 250 and discussion at V.18.

Locations

• Found: Theatre Baths.
• Original: Theatre Baths.
• Last Recorded: Museum.

History

• Recording: Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.197).
• Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 57 and plate xiv, whence PHI 707, Steinepigramme 02/09/21.
• Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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