8.79. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, loose block
- Description:
- Block (H. 0.32 x W. 0.725 x D. 0.11) apparently formed by cutting down a theatre seat.
- Text:
- On the surface, which has been hacked, presumably in preparation for the subsequent plastering.
- Letters:
- Clear, crude lettering, l.1, 0.09, l.2 0.03 - 0.06.
- Date:
- Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre Baths: reused in a late partition wall in the complex to the east.
- Original Location:
- In Theatre cavea
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, PPA 46.X.16.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 κατέχεται
- 2 μὴ μάχῃ Η
- 1ΚΑΤΕΧΕΤΑΙ
- 2ΜΗΜΑΧΗΗ
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
κατέχεται
<lb
n="2"
/>
μὴ
μάχῃ
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
η
</orig>
Translation:
Reserved. ?Don't quarrel
Commentary:
See Performers and Partisans, 46.
Photographs:
- Face (1976)
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