10.29. Seat inscriptions: Stadium Block 28

Description:
Stadium seats.
Text:
Inscribed on the seats. Row S: across entire row. Row Z: across entire row.
Letters:
Row S: 0.15 - 0.20. Row Z: carefully cut, with seriphs; lunate; scroll for abbreviation; 0.12 - 0.18.
Date:
Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
Findspot:
Stadium: seats, block 28.
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, PPA 45.34.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition: Roueché (2007). This edition Roueché (2007).
O
(Design, circle, type C2.)
S
1 steps | [·] | [·] | [·] | [?Ἀ] | ν̣ | τ | ι | ο̣ | χ | ε | [ί] | ω | ν | steps
Z
1 steps | σ̣|υ|ν|τ|ε|χ|ν|ί|α | vac. | κ|η|π|ο|υ|ρ(ῶν) | vac. | steps
O
(Design, circle, type C2.)
S
1 steps [·][·][·][·]·ΤΙ·ΧΕ[·]ΩΝ steps
Z
1 steps ·ΥΝΤΕΧΝΙΑ   ΚΗΠΟΥΡ    steps
<div type="textpart_section" n="O" >
<note>
Design, circle, type C2.
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="S" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="steps" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
Ἀ
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
<milestone unit="block" />
τ
<milestone unit="block" />
ι
<milestone unit="block" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
<milestone unit="block" />
χ
<milestone unit="block" />
ε
<milestone unit="block" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
ί
</supplied>
<milestone unit="block" />
ω
<milestone unit="block" />
ν
<milestone unit="block" />
<g type="steps" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="Z" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="steps" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
σ
</unclear>
<milestone unit="block" />
υ
<milestone unit="block" />
ν
<milestone unit="block" />
τ
<milestone unit="block" />
ε
<milestone unit="block" />
χ
<milestone unit="block" />
ν
<milestone unit="block" />
ί
<milestone unit="block" />
α
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<expan>
<abbr>
κ
<milestone unit="block" />
η
<milestone unit="block" />
π
<milestone unit="block" />
ο
<milestone unit="block" />
υ
<milestone unit="block" />
ρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ῶν
</supplied>
</expan>
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<g type="steps" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

Row S: [?Place] of ? the people of Antiocheia.

Row Z: Association of gardeners.

Commentary:

See bibliography.

Photographs:

Row Z, left end (1977)
 Row Z, left end (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)
Row Z (1977)
 Row Z (1977)

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