2.703. Sculptor's signature
- Description:
- Fragment from the lower edge of a piece of white marble, plausibly to be seen as part of a statue plinth ( W. 0.09 × H. 0.14 × D. 0.10).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- l.1, 0.015; l.2, 0.001.
- Date:
- First to second centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Bouleuterion/Odeon, East Area, in topsoil.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1972 (72.472)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Erim-Reynolds, 'Sculptors' no.11, whence SEG 40 1990.934.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1991).
- 0·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ··] ΟΣΧΙ [·· ? ··]
- 2[·· ? ·· ἐπ] οίησε̣[ν·· ? ··]
- 0 - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]ΟΣΧΙ[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ··]ΟΙΗΣ·[· - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="0"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="top"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
οσχι
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ἐπ
</supplied>
οίησ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ε
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ν
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
Probably [Ἀπολλώνι]ος Χρ[υσίππου Ἀστὴρ ἐπ]οίησε[ν
Translation:
[Apolloni]os [Aster, son of] Ch[rysippos], made (this)
Commentary:
See Erim-Reynolds, loc. cit., proposing the restoration on the basis of 2.702 (72.439).
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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- Face (1977)
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