11.205. Sculptor's signature: Euplous
- Description:
- White marble block (W. 0.95 × H. 0.63 × D. 0.38) with a border demarcated by an incised line on three sides; the central area is hatched, as if for plastering, and perhaps once bore some decorative element to which the inscription may refer; it may be that there are traces of some letters in this area.
- Text:
- Inscribed along the upper border and down the right border (last three letters).
- Letters:
- Uneven in height and poorly aligned; c. 0.06; square sigma; rudimentary serifs.
- Date:
- Second to first centuries B.C. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- City, Water Channel area: re-used over a doorway in the excavation area.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1981)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1962 (Water Channel 2).
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 Εὔπλους ἐπύει
- 1ΕΥΠΛΟΥΣΕΠΥΕΙ
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Εὔπλους
<orig
>
ἐπύει
</orig>
Translation:
Euplous made (this).
Commentary:
Clearly a signature, perhaps of a sculptor.
Photographs:
- Face (1981)
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- Face (1981)
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