8.10. Graffiti on Theatre stage building
- Description:
- Wall of stage building. The blocks were left rough, with a smooth outline along the edges.
- Text:
- Cut on some smoothed patches, some of them at least prepared to offer guidelines for the architects planning the Theatre façade. a above, b below and to the south, c below b, d between a and b.
- Letters:
- a. Large letters, scratched and irregular, with cursive alpha and omega, av. 0.08. b; tiny letters 0.01. c: Below b. Large letters, irregular, av. 0.08. d: very large letters in red paint, 0.17-0.19.
- Date:
- First to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: on the front face of the stage buildings, on the stretch of wall between the second and third doorways from the north.
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot (1976)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by •Roueché, PPA 7.a, 7.b, 7.c, 7.d.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- a
- 1 ὥρα ἀγαθή
- b
- 1 Φιλεῖ Θεόδοτος Ὑψικλέα
- c
- 1Θ(ε)ὲ βοήθι
- d
- 1 νικᾷ
- a
- 1ΩΡΑΑΓΑΘΗ
- b
- 1ΦΙΛΕΙΘΕΟΔΟΤΟΣΥΨΙΚΛΕΑ
- c
- 1ΘΕΒΟΗΘΙ
- d
- 1ΝΙΚΑ
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ὥρα
ἀγαθή
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Φιλεῖ
Θεόδοτος
Ὑψικλέα
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="c"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Θ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
ε
</supplied>
<abbr>
</expan>
ὲ
</abbr>
βοήθι
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="d"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
νικᾷ
</ab>
Translation:
a. Good season!
b. Theodotos loves Hypsikles
c. God, help!
d. [·· ? ··] triumphs [·· ? ··]
Commentary:
See Roueché, PPA.
Photographs:
- Text a. (1976)
-
- a. (right end), b. and c. (1976)
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