Description:
Stadium seats.
Text:
Inscribed on the seats. Row J: on seats at west end. Row V: cut on the front rim of one seat. Row W: on the front rims of seats, starting on second from west end. Row X: on the front rims of seats, starting at west end.
Letters:
Row J: 0.13. Row V: 0.07. Row W: carefully cut, standard forms with seriphs; 0.08. Row X: well-cut, cursive; 0.06.
Date:
Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
Findspot:
Stadium: seats, block 8.
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, PPA 45.14.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition: Roueché (2007). This edition Roueché (2007).
J
1 steps | Μ̣̣ | Α | Σ | [·· ? ··]
V
1 [·· ? ··] | vac. ΑΛ vac. [·· ? ··] |
W
1 steps | [·· c. 5 ··] | [···] Ω [···] | [·· c. 5 ··] | [···] Ρ [···] | [·· ? ··]
X
1 steps | [···] ΟΡ̣̣̣ [···] | ΑΒ Ἡρωδια vac. | ν̣[οῦ] ?. . . ] | [···] | [ . ]Ρ [···] | (3 seats) | [···] Ω̣̣ [·· ? ··]
J
1 steps ·̣ΑΣ[ - - - ]
V
1[ - - - ]   ΑΛ   [ - - - ]
W
1 steps [·····][···]Ω[···][·····][···]Ρ[···][ - - - ]
X
1 steps [···]Ο·̣̣[···]ΑΒΗΡΩΔΙΑ   ·[··]?][···][]Ρ[···](3 seats)[···]·̣[ - - - ]
<div type="textpart_section" n="J" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="steps" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
Μ
</unclear>
</orig>
̣
<milestone unit="block" />
<orig >
Α
</orig>
<milestone unit="block" />
<orig >
Σ
</orig>
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="V" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<orig >
ΑΛ
</orig>
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<milestone unit="block" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="W" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="steps" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<orig >
Ω
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="5" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<orig >
Ρ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" precision="circa" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="X" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="steps" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<orig >
Ο
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ρ
</unclear>
</orig>
̣̣
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<orig >
ΑΒ
</orig>
Ἡρωδια
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
οῦ
</supplied>
?. . . ]
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
[ . ]
<orig >
Ρ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<note>
3 seats
</note>
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" precision="circa" />
<orig >
<unclear reason="damage" >
Ω
</unclear>
</orig>
̣
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>

Apparatus

Row X: The letter after the first Ο (which is certain) might be Θ. After the Β there is what appears to be an apostrophe, presumably as an abbreviation mark.

Translation:

Row X: ... of ] Herodian[os ...

Commentary:

See bibliography.

Photographs:

Row J (1977)
 Row J (1977)
Row V (1977)
 Row V (1977)
Row W (1977)
 Row W (1977)
Rows W and X (1975)
 Rows W and X (1975)
Row X (1977)
 Row X (1977)
Row X (1975)
 Row X (1975)
Row X (1975)
 Row X (1975)

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