8.41. Unassigned fragment of Archive Wall
- Description:
- Archive wall: fragment (W. 0.075 x H. 0.135 x D. 0.015) with top edge surviving.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the face. A line has been scored between lines 2 and 3.
- Letters:
- second to third centuries A.D.; 0.023.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Theatre, north parodos, fallen.
- Original Location:
- Theatre: north parodos wall.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1969 (69.311)
- Bibliography:
- Published by Reynolds, Aphrodisias & Rome, Appendix I, A.2, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 47 .
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1982).
- 1 [·· ? ··]ΡΟ[·· ? ··]
- 2 [·· ? ··] Ι̣Ε[·· ? ··]
- 3 [·· ? ··]ΔΙΑ[·· ? ··]
- 3a [·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΡΟ[ - - - ]
- 2[ - - - ]·Ε[ - - - ]
- 3[ - - - ]ΔΙΑ[ - - - ]
- 3a[ - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ρο
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ι
</unclear>
ε
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
δια
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
- Translation:
- not usefully translatable.
Commentary:
See Aphrodisias and Rome, 144-146. The letter sizes and spacing suggest that this may come from 519.
- Photographs:
- none.
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