Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity 2004
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238. Flavius Photius gives a gameboard
Description
- Monument:
A plain white marble statue base shaft (0.54 × 1.25 × 0.55). The right side was hollowed out, to create a recessed panel.
- Text:
A text of the early third century, concerning the statue which the base originally supported, was cut on the face (88.9).
Within the recessed panel on the right side is a board, type 3Rows.4 (0.43 × 0.97) carefully cut, circles 0.03, central rosettes in circle 0.10. The text was inscribed on the lower edge.
- Letters:
Irregular letters, ave 0.03; scroll and letter above line for abbreviations.
- Date:
Late fifth/sixth century (titulature).
Text
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cross cross ἐπὶ Φλ(αβίου) Φωτίου σχο(λαστικοῦ) κ(αὶ) πατρ(ός) cross
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Translation
Under Flavius Photius, scholasticus and pater
Photographs
| Whole block (1989)
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Detail (1988)
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Commentary
This is the third of the gameboards given by Flavius Photius; see 68, 69 and discussion at V.44 and V.47.
For Photius see List of Local Officials Photius.
Locations
- Found:
Hadrianic Baths: during clearing in the Aleipterion.
- Original:
Unknown.
- Last Recorded:
Museum.
History
- Recording:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1988 (88.9; SBI 42).
- Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, 'Gameboards' 2.iii.
- Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché).
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