13.304. Gladiator memorial for Podenemos
- Description:
- A white marble altar-stele, with very simple moulding above and below on three sides (H. 0.84 x W. 0.395 x D. 0.32). There is no trace of carving on the face, which probably carried a painted image.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the upper moulding (l.1) and at the top of the face (l.2).
- Letters:
- standard forms: l.1 0.015-0.02; l.2, 0.02; ΗΝ in ligature
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Necropolis, South-east outside the south-east gate (Gaudin); in the same area, but below ground level in 1976.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by Gaudin (14); by the NYU expedition in 1976 (excavation inventory no. 76.85, SBI 64)
- Bibliography:
- Published from Gaudin by Reinach, no. 190, whence Robert, 'Πυκτεύειν', 40 (= OMS I, 707), Robert, Gladiateurs no. 162. Published by Roueché, PPA 16.
- Text constituted from:
- Publications; transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1Ποδηνέμ̣ος πάλου γ´ ὑπ[ὸ]
- 2 Ἑρμᾶ vac. πάλου δ´
- 1ΠΟΔΗΝΕ·ΟΣΠΑΛΟΥΓΥΠ[·]
- 2ΕΡΜΑ ΠΑΛΟΥΔ
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Ποδηνέ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
μ
</unclear>
ος
πάλου
<num
value="3"
>
γ
</num>
ὑπ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ὸ
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
Ἑρμᾶ
<space
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
πάλου
<num
value="4"
>
δ
</num>
Translation:
Podenemos of brigade 3 by Hermas of brigade 4.
Commentary:
The name is a conjecture by Reinach, and not certain.
Photographs:
- Face (1976)
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- Face (1978)
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