Description:
White marble seating along the edge of pool.
Text:
Inscribed roughly on the upper face. i: Beside the design. ii: Texts are cut outside the frame; a. Along east edge. b. Along north edge; deeper letters, ave. 0.06. the text apparently continued on an adjacent block, now lost. c. Along west edge. d. Along south edge.
Letters:
i: shallow letters, 0.05(ο) - 0.07; cursive mu, lunate sigma. ii.a very worn, ave. 0.04. ii.b deeper letters, ave. 0.06; lunate sigma. ii.c: 0.035. ii.d: 0.04, lunate sigma (very unclear). iii: very faint, 0.02-0.05.
Date:
Second-tenth century A.D. (context)
Findspot:
South Agora i. On block on the south side, towards the west. ii. On block on the south side of the pool, at the centre. iii. On the block to the east of ii. iv. To east of iii.
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1990)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Gameboards 14.
Text constituted from:
Preliminary transcription (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché and Bodard (2007).
i
(A square, S.2 (0.017 x 0.19). Beside it)
1 Μαρῖ[·· ? ··] -
2 v. Ε
ii
(1 type 3 Rows.11 within a frame (0.51 x 0.71) with circles (0.11) on the central dividing line.)
a
1 [·· ? ··]Ο̣ΥΜΟ̣[·· ? ··] Λ̣Α̣ΥΠΕΩ̣Σ
b
1 Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη Π̣ [·· ? ··]
c
1 [·· ? ··Νικᾷ ἡ τ]ύ[χη ·· ? ··]
d
1 Εὐσέβιος
iii
a
(A circle, type CC.7 (diam. 0.61) but with a cross in the central circle.)
1 ΥΓΙ
2 ΟΕΥ
3 ΟΙΣ
b
1 Δουλ -
2 κιτιαν̣-
3ο̣ῦ̣
iv
(A circle, C.2.)
i
(A square, S.2 (0.017 x 0.19). Beside it)
1ΜΑΡΙ[ - - - ]
2 Ε
ii
(1 type 3 Rows.11 within a frame (0.51 x 0.71) with circles (0.11) on the central dividing line.)
a
1[ - - - ]·ΥΜ·[ - - - ]··ΥΠΕ·Σ
b
1ΝΙΚΑΗΤΥΧΗ·[ - - - ]
c
1[ - - - ······]Υ[·· - - - ]
d
1ΕΥΣΕΒΙΟΣ
iii
a
(A circle, type CC.7 (diam. 0.61) but with a cross in the central circle.)
1ΥΓΙ
2ΟΕΥ
3ΟΙΣ
b
1ΔΟΥΛ
2ΚΙΤΙΑ·
3··
iv
(A circle, C.2.)
<div type="textpart_section" n="i" >
<note>
A square, S.2 (
0.017
x
0.19
). Beside it
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Μαρῖ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="undefined" >
ε
</unclear>
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="ii" >
<note>
1 type 3 Rows.11 within a frame (
0.51
x
0.71
) with circles (
0.11
) on the central dividing line.
</note>
<div type="textpart_column" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
υμ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
λα
</unclear>
υπε
<unclear reason="damage" >
ω
</unclear>
σ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Νικᾷ
τύχη
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
π
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Νικᾷ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
χη
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="d" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Εὐσέβιος
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="iii" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="a" >
<note>
A circle, type CC.7 (diam.
0.61
) but with a cross in the central circle.
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
υγι
</orig>
<lb n="2" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
οευ
</orig>
<lb n="3" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
οισ
</orig>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Δουλ
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
κιτια
<unclear reason="damage" >
ν
</unclear>
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
οῦ
</unclear>
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="iv" >
<note>
A circle, C.2.
</note>
</div>

Apparatus

I, l.2: It is not quite clear whether the last traces do form a letter.

ii. a: ΘΠΕ Roueché, Gameboards.

Translation:

i: (? Place of) Marinos

ii.b: The fortune triumphs [ of ? . .. ii.d: Eusebios

iii: [ . . .] of Doulkitianos

Commentary:

See Roueché, ‘Gameboards’.

Photographs:

i: Face (1990)
 i: Face (1990)
i: Face (1990)
 i: Face (1990)
ii and iii (1990)
 ii and iii (1990)
ii (1990)
 ii (1990)
iii (1990)
 iii (1990)

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