Description:
Wall of doorway to stage room.
Text:
On face of block.
Letters:
All the letters are square; those of l.1, 0.07-0.075, are carefully cut, with circular stops; ll. 2, 0.05-0.07, and 3, 0.04, are less carefully cut, and appear to be a later addition, squeezed in. Line 1 is in script very similar to 3.ii.
Date:
First to sixth century A.D. (context)
Findspot:
Theatre, skene frons: fourth stage room from north. doorway, on the outer, north, face of the block above the door: this room opens onto the south side of the central stage corridor.
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, PPA 1.4.i.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
1 Καπυρᾶ stop διασκεύη stop ἄμαχα
2 καὶ Φιλολόγου Ὀλυμπιονεί -
3 κου
1ΚΑΠΥΡΑ stop ΔΙΑΣΚΕΥΗ stop ΑΜΑΧΑ
2ΚΑΙΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΟΥΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΝΕΙ
3ΚΟΥ
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Καπυρᾶ
<g type="stop" />
διασκεύη
<g type="stop" />
ἄμαχα
<lb n="2" />
καὶ
Φιλολόγου
Ὀλυμπιονεί
<lb n="3" type="worddiv" />
κου
</ab>

Translation:

Unbeatable equipment of Kapyras and of Philologos, Olympic victor.

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Commentary:

One of the group of inscriptions, apparently by performers, at the doorways of the rooms on the stage front: 8.8, 8.9, 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:

Face (1972)
 Face (1972)

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