Wall plaster fragments. A relatively clear stretch of plaster.
Description of Text
Scratched into the plaster: traces of large letters above. i: Below the letters. ii: To the right of i. iii: Some way below.
Letters
Deeply cut graffito, letters av. 0.03.
Date
Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
Edition
A facing figure in a long robe, trimmed at all edges with a hatched line. The left hand extends downwards, holding a horizontal object from which two lines, ending in circles, depend. The right hand holds ?a cornucopia.
A half-profile of a head, crowned.
Head and shoulders of a man, with a fringe and straight hair, wearing ?a simple tunic.
Translation
No translation required.
Commentary
See bibliography.
Locations
Bouleuterion/Odeon: the easternmost recess behind the backstage corridor.FindspotMuseum
Text Constituted From
Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché)
History of Recording
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1964
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, ALA 218, and again as PPA 11.E.