Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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212. Reserved benches for associations
Description
- Monument:
Seven white marble benches: i: 0.46 × 1.25 × 0.335. ii: Broken below, and to right, 0.45 ×
1.35 × depth not measurable. iii: No measurements. iv: 0.45 × 1.02 × 0.39. v: 0.44 × 0.98 × depth not
measurable. vi: 0.42
× 1.53 ×
0.32. vii 0.46 × 1.24
× 0.33.
- Text:
Inscribed in the centre of the upper face; vii is partly
hidden.
- Letters:
Varying from 0.04 (o), in vii to 0.07 (i. ii, vi) to 0.085 (v) to 0.09 (iii) to 0.10 (iv). Scroll for abbreviation.
- Date:
Fourth to sixth century (script, re-use).
Text
| i |
|
Θεοδ(?ωριτῶν) |
| ii |
|
Εὐτ(?υχιτῶν) |
| iii |
|
Ἡρακ(?λειτῶν) |
| iv |
|
Ἡρακ(?λειτῶν) |
| v |
|
Ἡρακ(?λειτῶν) |
| vi |
|
Ἡρακ(?λειτῶν) |
| vii |
|
Θεο[?δ(?ωριτῶν)] |
Translation
Not usefully translatable.
Photographs
| i (1972)
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ii and iii (1975)
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iv (1983)
|
iv, detail (1972)
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v and vi (1976)
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| vii (1989)
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Commentary
See discussion at XI.18.
Locations
- Found:
Theatre: i and iv stray finds; ii, iii, v, vi and re-used
in the Byzantine defence wall across the east end; vii reused in the
upper structure at the north-east end of the cavea.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
ii, iii, vii findspot; i, iv, v, vi loose in the Theatre
area.
History
- Recording:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (i-vi before 1989, vii in
1992)
- Bibliography:
i-vi published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in
Late Antiquity no. 212, whence PHI 701, 693, 694, 695, 696,
697.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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