8.7. Acclamation for Ourania
- Description:
- A white marble building block (H. 0. 66 x W. 1. 15 x D. 0. 30), broken at right
- Text:
- ; the inscription runs along the centre of the block
- Letters:
- lightly scratched, but fairly regular; square sigma, standard alpha, 0.03-0.04.
- Date:
- First – sixth century A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre
- Original Location:
- Theatre: precise location uncertain
- Last recorded location:
- Now lying east of the Theatre
- History of discovery:
- of recording:
- Bibliography:
- : Published by Roueché, PPA 5
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 Πᾶσα νίκη τῇ κύρᾳ Οὐρανίᾳ [·]ο[··]
- 1ΠΑΣΑΝΙΚΗΤΗΚΥΡΑΟΥΡΑΝΙΑ[·]Ο[··]
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Πᾶσα
νίκη
τῇ
κύρᾳ
Οὐρανίᾳ
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
ο
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
Apparatus
The superscript o might well be from the standard abbreviation for τόπος.
Translation:
All victory to the Lady Ourania !
- Commentary:
- No commentary yet (2007).
Photographs:
- Face (1976)
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