15.351. Anonymous, magnificentissimus, gives a gameboard
- Description:
- A white marble fragment (H. 0.09 × W. 0.17 × D. 0.11) from the edge of a block with a recessed panel.
- Text:
- A gameboard, type 3Rows.4, was inscribed within the panel; the text was inscribed on the upper moulding.
- Letters:
- 0.02.
- Date:
- Fifth/sixth century (titulature)
- Findspot:
- Stray find.
- Original Location:
- Unknown.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1981.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 71, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 625; republished by Roueché, Gameboards, no. 20.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[?ἐπὶ τοῦ δεῖνος το]ῦ μεγαλοπ̣[ρεπεστάτου ·· ? ··]
- 1[················]ΥΜΕΓΑΛΟ·[·········· - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
cert="low"
>
ἐπὶ
τοῦ
δεῖνος
</supplied>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
το
</supplied>
ῦ
μεγαλο
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
π
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ρεπεστάτου
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[?Under so-and-so,] magnificentissimus [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 V.44 and ala2004 V.49, with bibliography below.
Photographs:
- Face (1981)
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