8.71. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, loose block
- Description:
- A long theatre seat with back, broken at the right and with the front part of the seat lost (H. 0.66 x W. 0.68 x D. 0.30).
- Text:
- Inscribed on back (l.1) and on seat (l.2).
- Letters:
- 0.10.
- Date:
- Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: seat, found loose
- Original Location:
- In Theatre cavea
- Last recorded location:
- in the storage field east of the Theatre.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, PPA 46.X.8.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 | κατ̣[έχεται ?]
- 2 | ΙΟΥ[·· ? ··]
- 1ΚΑ·[······ ·]
- 2ΙΟΥ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
κα
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
έχεται
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
?
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ιου
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
? Reserved . . ?for -]kos
Commentary:
See Performers and Partisans, 46.
Photographs:
- Face (1988)
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