5.303. Building inscription of Pytheas, in verse

Description:
Three fragments, not joining, from an white marble architrave with decoration (which is broken away) above three stepped fasciae, diminishing in height; a and c: not measured; b: H. 0.52 × W. 1.37 × D. 0.54.
Text:
Inscribed on the upper two fasciae.
Letters:
Upper fascia 0.10, lower fascia 0.08; elongated, ornate.
Date:
Late fifth century (prosopography)
Findspot:
Hadrianic Baths, East Court: a: 'Dans le 2e entrée à partir du S(ud) du portique O(uest), s(ud)' (Boulanger); b: 'Term. S(ud) du portique O(uest)'. (Boulanger).
Original Location:
Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Among the material from the French excavations in the East Court.
History of discovery:
a and b excavated by Boulanger, 1 November 1913 (notebook A, 78, 23 and 24, whence B 23, 29); a, b and c recorded by the NYU expedition, c in 1989.
Bibliography:
a and b published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 58 and plate xiv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 708, Steinepigramme 02/09/20.
Text constituted from:
Boulanger notebook; transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
a
1[·· ? ··] παστάδα κίον' ἐκ Ι̣Ι̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Τ̣ Πυθέας Ο̣Ρ̣Σ̣Ι̣Ι̣Ι̣Υ̣[·· ? ··]
b
1[·· ? ··] καμνοῦσαν ἀνάγκῃ Κ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Ι̣ ἔσχε νόον v. [·· ? ··]
c
1[·· ? ··]Α̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΔΙΙ̣[·· ? ··]
a
1[ - - - ]ΠΑΣΤΑΔΑΚΙΟΝ'ΕΚ··[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΠΥΘΕΑΣ·······[ - - - ]
b
1[ - - - ]ΚΑΜΝΟΥΣΑΝΑΝΑΓΚΗ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·ΕΣΧΕΝΟΟΝ [ - - - ]
c
1[ - - - ]·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΔΙ·[ - - - ]
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
παστάδα
κίον'
ἐκ
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
</orig>
Πυθέας
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ορσιιιυ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
καμνοῦσαν
ἀνάγκῃ
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
κ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
ἔσχε
νόον
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="c" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
δι
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

a. [·· ? ··?built the] colonnade (with) column from [·· ? ··] Pytheas [·· ? ··]

b. [·· ? ··]suffering from necessity [·· ? ··] had a mind.

Commentary:

For Pytheas see 11.70, 2.20, 8.610, 15.361 and discussion at ala2004 V.18.

Photographs:

a: face (1977)
 a: face (1977)
b: face (1972)
 b: face (1972)
c: face (1989)
 c: face (1989)

Representations:

a and b: Transcription by Boulanger, Notebook A, page 78
 a and b: Transcription by Boulanger, Notebook A, page 78

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