8.56. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, Block D

Description:
Theatre, seats
Text:
On upper face of seats. Row 15.ii: At front edge of seat. Row 20: at west end.
Letters:
Row 12: 0.08 - 0.14. Row 13.i: 0.04. Row 15.ii: cross 0.15, letters, 0.06 - 0.08. Row 16: total height 0.36. Row 19.i: 0.10 - 0.20. Row 20: neat, 0.12 - 0.14 Designs. 6: 0.32 x 0.11. 7.i: 0.195 x 0.14. 7.ii: 0.215 x 0.125. 15.ii: 0.15.
Date:
Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
Findspot:
Theatre: seats, block D.
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Row 13.i: published by Roueché, ALA 137. i, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 773 . Row 16: Roueché, ALA 137. ii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 774. All published by Roueché, PPA 46.D.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
1
( Scattered letters)
6
( Row 6, design, type H4)
7
i
(Design, type S3, with the sides not quite straight.)
ii
11
( Scattered letters)
12
1 | κΥατ|έ[χεται]
2 | [···] | Σ̣ΑΝ̣ | -
13
i
ii
( Scattered letters)
14
( Scattered letters)
15
i
(A crudely drawn face, overcut by designs, including two type S3.)
ii
(A very well-cut cross in outline, with triangular ends to each arm.)
iii
( Scattered letters)
16
17
( Scattered letters)
18
( Scattered letters)
19
i
1 ΛΙ
2[κ]|Αατέ|[χεται]
3σ̣Τ
ii
( Scattered letters)
20
1 steps | vac. | vac. | Ο̣ Υ | [···] | Φ | Ο Ν | cross | cross | vac.
21
( Scattered letters)
22
( Scattered letters)
23
( Scattered letters)
24
( Scattered letters)
25
( Scattered letters)
26
( Scattered letters)
1
( Scattered letters)
6
( Row 6, design, type H4)
7
i
(Design, type S3, with the sides not quite straight.)
ii
11
( Scattered letters)
12
1ΚΥΑΤΕ[·····]
2[···]·Α·-
13
i
ii
( Scattered letters)
14
( Scattered letters)
15
i
(A crudely drawn face, overcut by designs, including two type S3.)
ii
(A very well-cut cross in outline, with triangular ends to each arm.)
iii
( Scattered letters)
16
17
( Scattered letters)
18
( Scattered letters)
19
i
1ΛΙ
2[·]ΑΑΤΕ[·····]
3·Τ
ii
( Scattered letters)
20
1 steps       Ο̣Υ[···]ΦΟΝ cross cross    
21
( Scattered letters)
22
( Scattered letters)
23
( Scattered letters)
24
( Scattered letters)
25
( Scattered letters)
26
( Scattered letters)
<div type="textpart_section" n="1" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="6" >
<note>
Row 6, design, type H4
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="7" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<note>
Design, type S3, with the sides not quite straight.
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<ab>
<note>
Design, type H4, within a frame, but with only one row completed.
</note>
.
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="11" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="12" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<milestone unit="block" />
κ
<orig n="unresolved" >
υ
</orig>
ατ
<milestone unit="block" />
έ
<supplied reason="lost" >
χεται
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Σ
</unclear>
Α
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ν
</unclear>
<milestone unit="block" />
-
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="13" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<ab>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<milestone unit="block" />
Κύριε
<unclear reason="damage" >
β
</unclear>
οή
<unclear reason="damage" >
θ
</unclear>
ει
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="14" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="15" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<note>
A crudely drawn face, overcut by designs, including two type S3.
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<note>
A very well-cut cross in outline, with triangular ends to each arm.
</note>
<ab>
<milestone unit="block" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ι
</unclear>
Φλ
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
vac.
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="iii" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="16" >
<ab>
<orig >
Α
</orig>
<g type="chi-rho" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ω
</unclear>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="17" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="18" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="19" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
ΛΙ
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
κ
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
α
</orig>
ατέ
<milestone unit="block" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
χεται
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
Τ
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="20" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="steps" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<milestone unit="block" />
Ο̣ Υ
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
Φ
<milestone unit="block" />
Ο Ν
<milestone unit="block" />
<g type="cross" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<g type="cross" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="21" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="22" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="23" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="24" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="25" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="26" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>

Translation:

Row 12: Reserved

Row 13: Lord, help!

Row 19.i: Reserved

Commentary:

See bibliography.

Photographs:

Row 13 (1975)
 Row 13 (1975)
Row 15.i (1975)
 Row 15.i (1975)
Row 15.ii (1988)
 Row 15.ii (1988)
Row 16 (1975)
 Row 16 (1975)
Row 19.i (1975)
 Row 19.i (1975)

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