11.502. Gladiator memorial for Menandros, bestiarius
- Description:
- A white marble altar-stele with moulding above and below on three sides (H. 0.81 x W. 0.43 x D. 0.355). The relief, very worn, is of a bestiarius facing towards his left, from where a beast - - ?a bear - - is springing up at him
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face
- Letters:
- standard forms, 0.02
- Date:
- First to fourth centuries A.D. (content)
- Findspot:
- City, North-west, with 11.501 and 11.503 at the edge of a field between the city walls and the Hadrianic Baths.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition
- Bibliography:
- published by Roueché, PPA 36.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1Μένανδρο[ς]
- 1ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟ[·]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Μένανδρο
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ς
</supplied>
Translation:
Menandros
Commentary:
Menandros is depicted as a bestiarius.
Photographs:
- Face (1983)
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