5.102. Warning against theft from the Baths
- Description:
- Large white marble block without moulding (W. 0.815 × H. 0.61 × D. 0.59), with right side and bottom edge surviving; an adjoining fragment to the left was seen in 1967. There are ?clamp holes from later use on the face.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face.
- Letters:
- Hellenistic; l.1, 0.055-0.065; l.2, 0.05-0.08
- Date:
- Hellenistic (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Hadrianic Baths: in dump of stones immediately NW of the north entrance to the Baths.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1973)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Baths 1)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἄν τις χαλκὸν
- 2ἔ̣χι παραδίξα-
- 3τ̣[ω] vac.
- 1ΑΝΤΙΣΧΑΛΚΟΝ
- 2·ΧΙΠΑΡΑΔΙΞΑ
- 3·[·]
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ἄν
τις
χαλκὸν
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n="2"
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reason="damage"
>
ἔ
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χι
παραδίξα
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n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
τ
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<supplied
reason="lost"
>
ω
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<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
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Translation:
If anyone has money (on him), let him present it.
Commentary:
Compare the fuller and later text, 5.4 (=Reinach 17)
Photographs:
- Right part, face (1973)
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- Right part, showing side (1972)
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