8.9. ?Place inscription of Pardalas, mimologos
- Description:
- Wall of doorway to stage room.
- Text:
- Inscribed on a rough surface. To the left, the letters have been worn or rubbed away, and a hole has been cut into l.2.
- Letters:
- Irregular, lunate, 0.04-0.07; perhaps two hands. There are traces of red paint in some letters.
- Date:
- First to sixth century A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: skene frons, northernmost chamber, doorway, south wall.
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, PPA 1.1.ii
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1 Πα̣ρ̣δ̣α̣λᾶ μειμολόγου
- 2 Σ̣υ̣ρ̣ου σκ̣ε̣ύη̣ με̣τ̣ὰ Φιλιστίωνα̣
- 1Π····ΛΑΜΕΙΜΟΛΟΓΟΥ
- 2···ΟΥΣ··Υ·Μ··ΑΦΙΛΙΣΤΙΩΝ·
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Π
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reason="damage"
>
αρδα
</unclear>
λᾶ
μειμολόγου
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n="2"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Συρ
</unclear>
ου
σ
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reason="damage"
>
κε
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ύ
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reason="damage"
>
η
</unclear>
μ
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reason="damage"
>
ετ
</unclear>
ὰ
Φιλιστίων
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reason="damage"
>
</ab>
α
</unclear>
Translation:
Of Pardalas, mime. Equipment of Syrus, after Philistion
or
Equipment of Pardalas, Syrian mime, after Philistion
Commentary:
One of the group of inscriptions, apparently by performers, at the doorways of the rooms on the stage front: 8.8, 8.104, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.19, 8.20, 8.21, 8.22. See Roueché, PPA, pp. 15-25.
Photographs:
- Left end (1977)
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- Centre (1977)
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- Right end (1977)
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