4.6. Pavement designs and place inscriptions, South Agora pool
- Description:
- White marble seating along the edge of pool.
- Text:
- Inscribed roughly on the upper face. i: Beside the design. ii: Texts are cut outside the frame; a. Along east edge. b. Along north edge; deeper letters, ave. 0.06. the text apparently continued on an adjacent block, now lost. c. Along west edge. d. Along south edge.
- Letters:
- i: shallow letters, 0.05(ο) - 0.07; cursive mu, lunate sigma. ii.a very worn, ave. 0.04. ii.b deeper letters, ave. 0.06; lunate sigma. ii.c: 0.035. ii.d: 0.04, lunate sigma (very unclear). iii: very faint, 0.02-0.05.
- Date:
- Second-tenth century A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- South Agora i. On block on the south side, towards the west. ii. On block on the south side of the pool, at the centre. iii. On the block to the east of ii. iv. To east of iii.
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1990)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Gameboards 14.
- Text constituted from:
- Preliminary transcription (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
- i
- (A square, S.2 (0.017 x 0.19). Beside it)
- 1 Μαρῖ[·· ? ··] -
- 2 v. Ε
- ii
- (1 type 3 Rows.11 within a frame (0.51 x 0.71) with circles (0.11) on the central dividing line.)
- a
- 1 [·· ? ··]Ο̣ΥΜΟ̣[·· ? ··] Λ̣Α̣ΥΠΕΩ̣Σ
- b
- 1 Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη Π̣ [·· ? ··]
- c
- 1 [·· ? ··Νικᾷ ἡ τ]ύ[χη ·· ? ··]
- d
- 1 Εὐσέβιος
- iii
- a
- (A circle, type CC.7 (diam. 0.61) but with a cross in the central circle.)
- 1 ΥΓΙ
- 2 ΟΕΥ
- 3 ΟΙΣ
- b
- 1 Δουλ -
- 2 κιτιαν̣-
- 3ο̣ῦ̣
- iv
- (A circle, C.2.)
- i
- (A square, S.2 (0.017 x 0.19). Beside it)
- 1ΜΑΡΙ[ - - - ]
- 2 Ε
- ii
- (1 type 3 Rows.11 within a frame (0.51 x 0.71) with circles (0.11) on the central dividing line.)
- a
- 1[ - - - ]·ΥΜ·[ - - - ]··ΥΠΕ·Σ
- b
- 1ΝΙΚΑΗΤΥΧΗ·[ - - - ]
- c
- 1[ - - - ······]Υ[·· - - - ]
- d
- 1ΕΥΣΕΒΙΟΣ
- iii
- a
- (A circle, type CC.7 (diam. 0.61) but with a cross in the central circle.)
- 1ΥΓΙ
- 2ΟΕΥ
- 3ΟΙΣ
- b
- 1ΔΟΥΛ
- 2ΚΙΤΙΑ·
- 3··
- iv
- (A circle, C.2.)
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="i"
>
<note>
A square, S.2 (
0.017
x
0.19
). Beside it
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Μαρῖ
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
<space
extent="1"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
<unclear
reason="undefined"
>
</orig>
ε
</unclear>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="ii"
>
<note>
1 type 3 Rows.11 within a frame (
0.51
x
0.71
) with circles (
0.11
) on the central dividing line.
</note>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
υμ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ο
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
λα
</unclear>
υπε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ω
</unclear>
σ
</orig>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Νικᾷ
ἡ
τύχη
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
π
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="c"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Νικᾷ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἡ
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
τ
</supplied>
ύ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
χη
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="d"
>
</div>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Εὐσέβιος
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="iii"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="a"
>
<note>
A circle, type CC.7 (diam.
0.61
) but with a cross in the central circle.
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
υγι
</orig>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
οευ
</orig>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
οισ
</orig>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="b"
>
</div>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Δουλ
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
κιτια
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</ab>
οῦ
</unclear>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="iv"
>
<note>
</div>
A circle, C.2.
</note>
Apparatus
I, l.2: It is not quite clear whether the last traces do form a letter.
ii. a: ΘΠΕ Roueché, Gameboards.
Translation:
i: (? Place of) Marinos
ii.b: The fortune triumphs [ of ? . .. ii.d: Eusebios
iii: [ . . .] of Doulkitianos
Commentary:
See Roueché, ‘Gameboards’.
Photographs:
- i: Face (1990)
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- i: Face (1990)
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- ii and iii (1990)
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- ii (1990)
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- iii (1990)
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