8.56. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, Block D
- Description:
- Theatre, seats
- Text:
- On upper face of seats. Row 15.ii: At front edge of seat. Row 20: at west end.
- Letters:
- Row 12: 0.08 - 0.14. Row 13.i: 0.04. Row 15.ii: cross 0.15, letters, 0.06 - 0.08. Row 16: total height 0.36. Row 19.i: 0.10 - 0.20. Row 20: neat, 0.12 - 0.14 Designs. 6: 0.32 x 0.11. 7.i: 0.195 x 0.14. 7.ii: 0.215 x 0.125. 15.ii: 0.15.
- Date:
- Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: seats, block D.
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Row 13.i: published by Roueché, ALA 137. i, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 773 . Row 16: Roueché, ALA 137. ii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 774. All published by Roueché, PPA 46.D.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1
- ( Scattered letters)
- 6
- ( Row 6, design, type H4)
- 7
- i
- (Design, type S3, with the sides not quite straight.)
- ii
- 11
- ( Scattered letters)
- 12
- 1 | κΥατ|έ[χεται]
- 2 | [···] | Σ̣ΑΝ̣ | -
- 13
- i
- ii
- ( Scattered letters)
- 14
- ( Scattered letters)
- 15
- i
- (A crudely drawn face, overcut by designs, including two type S3.)
- ii
- (A very well-cut cross in outline, with triangular ends to each arm.)
- iii
- ( Scattered letters)
- 16
- 17
- ( Scattered letters)
- 18
- ( Scattered letters)
- 19
- i
- 1 ΛΙ
- 2[κ]|Αατέ|[χεται]
- 3σ̣Τ
- ii
- ( Scattered letters)
- 20
- 1 steps | vac. | vac. | Ο̣ Υ | [···] | Φ | Ο Ν | cross | cross | vac.
- 21
- ( Scattered letters)
- 22
- ( Scattered letters)
- 23
- ( Scattered letters)
- 24
- ( Scattered letters)
- 25
- ( Scattered letters)
- 26
- ( Scattered letters)
- 1
- ( Scattered letters)
- 6
- ( Row 6, design, type H4)
- 7
- i
- (Design, type S3, with the sides not quite straight.)
- ii
- 11
- ( Scattered letters)
- 12
- 1ΚΥΑΤΕ[·····]
- 2[···]·Α·-
- 13
- i
- ii
- ( Scattered letters)
- 14
- ( Scattered letters)
- 15
- i
- (A crudely drawn face, overcut by designs, including two type S3.)
- ii
- (A very well-cut cross in outline, with triangular ends to each arm.)
- iii
- ( Scattered letters)
- 16
- 17
- ( Scattered letters)
- 18
- ( Scattered letters)
- 19
- i
- 1ΛΙ
- 2[·]ΑΑΤΕ[·····]
- 3·Τ
- ii
- ( Scattered letters)
- 20
- 1 steps Ο̣Υ[···]ΦΟΝ cross cross
- 21
- ( Scattered letters)
- 22
- ( Scattered letters)
- 23
- ( Scattered letters)
- 24
- ( Scattered letters)
- 25
- ( Scattered letters)
- 26
- ( Scattered letters)
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="1"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="6"
>
<note>
</div>
Row 6, design, type H4
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="7"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<note>
</div>
Design, type S3, with the sides not quite straight.
</note>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<ab>
</div>
<note>
Design, type H4, within a frame, but with only one row completed.
</note>
.
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="11"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="12"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
κ
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
υ
</orig>
ατ
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
έ
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
χεται
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Σ
</unclear>
Α
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Ν
</unclear>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
-
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="13"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
Κύριε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
β
</unclear>
οή
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
θ
</unclear>
ει
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="14"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="15"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<note>
</div>
A crudely drawn face, overcut by designs, including two type S3.
</note>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
<note>
A very well-cut cross in outline, with triangular ends to each arm.
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Ι
</unclear>
Φλ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
σ
</unclear>
vac.
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="iii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="16"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<orig
>
Α
</orig>
<g
type="chi-rho"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Ω
</unclear>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="17"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="18"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="19"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ΛΙ
<lb
n="2"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
κ
</supplied>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
α
</orig>
ατέ
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
χεται
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
σ
</unclear>
Τ
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="20"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
Ο̣ Υ
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="3"
unit="character"
precision="circa"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
Φ
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
Ο Ν
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<g
type="cross"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<g
type="cross"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="21"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="22"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="23"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="24"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="25"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="26"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
Translation:
Row 12: Reserved
Row 13: Lord, help!
Row 19.i: Reserved
Commentary:
See bibliography.
Photographs:
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