Description:
A white marble altar-stele, with simple moulding above on three sides, and below on face (H. 0.88 x W. 0.36 x D. 0.34). Relief on the face (damaged) of a gladiator advancing to his left. He has body armour, boots, and a helmet with a crest, and holds a long shield in front of him; his sword arm is lost.
Text:
Inscribed on the face, above a relief
Letters:
standard forms, c. 0.025
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, content)
Findspot:
Walls, North: to the north of the north wall of the Stadium (1892) with 12.15, 12.16
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Copied by Reichel (R.I.10) with 12.15, 12.16 and by Kubitschek (K.IV, endpaper); recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
mentioned by Kubitschek and Reichel, no.2, whence Robert, Gladiateurs, no. 159; published from Reichel's notes by Robert, Hell. V, 93-5. Published by Roueché, PPA 26.
Text constituted from:
Publications; notebook; transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
1 Πάτροκλος
1ΠΑΤΡΟΚΛΟΣ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Πάτροκλος
</ab>

Translation:

Patroclus.

Commentary:

For an Achilles, see Robert, Gladiateurs, 300, Sabbatini, Roma 108. For another Homeric name, see 12.16

Photographs:

Face (1989)
 Face (1989)
Face (1989)
 Face (1989)

Representations:

Reichel, notebook I, 10
 Reichel, notebook I, 10
Kubitschek, notebook III, 63
 Kubitschek, notebook III, 63

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