4.12. Acclamation of the sellophoroi
- Description:
- A white marble masonry block (H. 0.87 × W. 0.34 × D. 0.35) built into the rim of the pool in the South Agora.
- Text:
- Cut on the upper, longer, face. It is unclear whether the text was cut in situ, or whether the stone has been re-used.
- Letters:
- Shallow but wide (av. 0.09), ornately cut, with curled serifs. The second omicron seems to have been added as an afterthought, and is barely visible.
- Date:
- Fifth/sixth century (lettering).
- Findspot:
- South Agora: part of the southern rim of the central pool.
- Original Location:
- Findspot.
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1985)
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1985.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 80, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 825.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1νικᾷ
- 2ἡ τύ -
- 3χη
- 4τῶν
- 5σελ -
- 6λοφό -
- 7ρων.
- 1ΝΙΚΑ
- 2ΗΤΥ
- 3ΧΗ
- 4ΤΩΝ
- 5ΣΕΛ
- 6ΛΟΦΟ
- 7ΡΩΝ
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νικᾷ
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χη
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τῶν
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σελ
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Translation:
The fortune of the chair-bearers triumphs!
Commentary:
See discussion at ala2004 V.61.
Photographs:
- Block in situ (1985)
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- Face and side (1985)
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- Face (1985)
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