8.12. Graffiti on Theatre stage
- Description:
- Paving blocks of stage.
- Text:
- Roughly cut on the surface of the stage.
- Letters:
- b: a careless cursive hand, 0.04- 0.07. d lunate, 0.05-0.06. r: letters very worn, 0.03.
- Date:
- First to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: stage surface, blocks at front of stage
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, PPA 8.
- Text constituted from:
- Τranscription (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- a
- ( Design of a gameboard.)
- b
- 1 Κ vac. Κλ̣εμψ̣ι̣λιος
- c
- (Sketch of a tight-rope walker. )
- d
- 1 τόπος
- 2 Θεο̣δ̣οσ() (hole)
- e
- 1 τόπος Ἀρου[·· ? ··]
- a
- ( Design of a gameboard.)
- b
- 1Κ Κ·ΕΜ··ΛΙΟΣ
- c
- (Sketch of a tight-rope walker. )
- d
- 1ΤΟΠΟΣ
- 2ΘΕ··ΟΣ(hole)
- e
- 1ΤΟΠΟΣΑΡΟΥ[ - - - ]
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="a"
>
<note>
</div>
Design of a gameboard.
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="b"
>
<ab>
</div>
<note>
A crudely drawn face.
</note>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
κ
</orig>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
Κ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
λ
</unclear>
εμ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ψ
</unclear>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ι
</unclear>
λιος
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="c"
>
<note>
</div>
Sketch of a tight-rope walker.
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="d"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
τόπος
<lb
n="2"
/>
<abbr>
Θε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
δ
</unclear>
οσ
</abbr>
<note>
hole
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="e"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
τόπος
Ἀρου
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
Apparatus
...
Translation:
d. Place of Theodos[(ios). .
e. Place of ?Arourios and [? . . .
Commentary:
See bibliography.
Photographs:
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