80. Acclamation of the sellophoroi

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Description

Monument: A white marble block (0.87 × 0.34 × 0.35) built into the rim of the pool in the South Agora.
Text: Cut on the upper, longer, face. It is unclear whether the text was cut in situ, or whether the stone has been re-used.
Letters: Shallow but wide (av. 0.09), ornately cut, with curled serifs. The second omicron seems to have been added as an afterthought, and is barely visible.
Date: Fifth/sixth century (lettering).

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	νικᾷ
	ἡ τύ -
	χη
	τῶν
5	σελ -
	λοφό -
	ρων.

Translation

The fortune of the chair-bearers triumphs!

Photographs

Block in situ (1985) Face and side (1985) Face (1985)

Commentary

See discussion at V.61 and, on acclamations V.54.

Locations

Found: South Agora: part of the southern rim of the central pool. see Plan 2
Original: Findspot.
Last Recorded: Findspot.

History

Recording: Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1985.
Bibliography: Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 80, whence PHI 825.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Roueché).

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