5.14. Fl. Photios gives a gameboard

Description:: A rectangular white marble statue base (H. 1.14 × W. 0.57 × D. 0.44) with moulded edge above and below on three sides.
Text:: Inscribed on central panel with a board, type 3Rows.4, (H. 0.45 × W. 1.00) carefully cut: circles 0.03, central rosettes in circles 0.10; the text is inscribed on the lower moulding.
Letters:: Av. 0.03; irregular: scroll and letter above line for abbreviations.
Date:: Late fifth/sixth century (titulature).
Findspot:: Hadrianic Baths: lying beside the northern entrance.
Original Location:: Hadrianic Baths.
Last recorded location:: Findspot.
History of discovery:: Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:: Published by Roueché (1979), no. 1, whence BE 1980.473; republished by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 69 and plate xvi, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 623; republished by Roueché, Gameboards, no. 2.ii.
Text constituted from:: Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).

1 cross ἐπὶ Φλ(αβίου) Φωτίου σχο(λαστικοῦ) κ(αὶ) πατρός stop cross

1 cross ΕΠΙΦΛΦΩΤΙΟΥΣΧΟΚΠΑΤΡΟΣ stop cross

<ab>

ἐπὶ

<expan>

<abbr>

Φλ

</abbr>

αβίου

</supplied>

</expan>

Φωτίου

<expan>

<abbr>

σχο

</abbr>

λαστικοῦ

</supplied>

</expan>

<expan>

<abbr>

</abbr>

αὶ

</supplied>

</expan>

πατρός

</ab>

Under Flavius Photios, scholasticus and pater.

This is the second of the gameboards given by Flavius Photios; see 5.10, 5.15 and discussion at ala2004 V.44 and ala2004 V.47.

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