8.74. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, loose block
- Description:
- A seat with the lip broken away (H. 0.40 x W. 1.02 x D. 0.68).
- Text:
- Inscribed in the centre of the riser.
- Letters:
- clear, 0.05.
- 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.11.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 vac. ΕΥΑΤ̣ vac.
- 1 ΕΥΑ·
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ευα
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
τ
</unclear>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
For a similar text, also on a riser, compare 8.60.26. See further Performers and Partisans, 46.
Photographs:
- Face (1988)
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