8.57. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, Block E
- Description:
- Theatre, seats
- Text:
- On surface of seats. Row 2: two texts on one seat; (a) at right angles to the edge, (b) parallel to edge. Row 5: i and south end, then a blank seat, then ii.Row 8: at front edge of seat at east end, which has a damaged surface. The last two lines are written at right angles to the rest, at the left; but they seem to be of the same hand, and to belong. Row 9: on 2 separate seats, i to the east. Row 10: On the seat at the west end. Row 11: on one seat. Row 15: on seats at east end. Row 24.i: on seats at west end. Row 26.i: on a seat which is broken away above.
- Letters:
- Row 2: (a) ave. 0.45 (phi 0.13); (b) 0.025. Row 8: cursive, 0.035 - 0.04; there are two dots, ?for abbreviation, over Χ in l.3. Row 9.i: deeply cut, 0.11 high. 9.ii: shallower, 0.08 high. Row 11: shallowly cut. Row 15: letters ave. 0.12, cursive delta.Row 24.i: 0.26. Row 26.i: 0.03 (ο) - 0.05 (Χ).Designs; Row 5.i: 0.29; Row 5.ii: 0.325.
- Date:
- Second-sixth century A.D. (context).
- Findspot:
- Theatre: seats, block E.
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Row 2, published by Roueché, ALA 137. iii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 775. Row 26.i: Roueché, ALA 137. iv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 776. All published by Roueché, PPA 46.E.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 2
- i
- a
- 1 Εὐχὴ Στε -
- 2 φανᾶ
- b
- 1 Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν vac.
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 3
- (Scattered letters)
- 5
- i
- ( Design, type C1)
- ii
- (Design type C2)
- 8
- 1 ΖΩ vac.
- 2ΚΟ̣ΤΝ̣ vac.
- 3ΧΠ
- 4ΕΠ̣
- (ll. 5 and 6 at right angles to the rest)
- 5ΤΥ
- 6ΕΥ
- 9
- i
- (box-monogram:)
- 1(Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν Πρασίνων)
- ii
- (box-monogram:)
- 1 (Ἡ τύχη τῶν Πρασίνων)
- 10
- (A drawing, at right angles to the edge, of the head and shoulders, of a figure with a complex hairdo, or headdress, turning slightly to the right.)
- 11
- (Box-monogram:)
- 1(Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν Πρασίνων)
- 15
- 1 vac. | ΥΚΕΔ | vac. | Κ̣Χ | Ω̣ | steps
- 16
- (On one seat there is a design, ?a phallus)
- (Scattered letters)
- 17
- (Scattered letters)
- 18
- (Scattered letters)
- 19
- (Scattered letters)
- 20
- i
- (Design, type S3.)
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 21
- (Scattered letters)
- 22
- (Scattered letters)
- 23
- (Scattered letters)
- 24
- 1 steps | vac. | vac. | κα̣τ|[έχεται]
- 25
- (Scattered letters)
- 26
- i
- 1[·· ? ··]Ο̣Ι̣
- 2 Υ̣ Α̣ Η̣ΧΗ βοή(θι) το σ̣ [·· ? ··]
- 3 δούλο σ(ου) Γεώ(ργιο) vac.
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 2
- i
- a
- 1ΕΥΧΗΣΤΕ
- 2ΦΑΝΑ
- b
- 1ΝΙΚΑΗΤΥΧΗΤΩΝ
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 3
- (Scattered letters)
- 5
- i
- ( Design, type C1)
- ii
- (Design type C2)
- 8
- 1ΖΩ
- 2Κ·Τ·
- 3ΧΠ
- 4Ε·
- (ll. 5 and 6 at right angles to the rest)
- 5ΤΥ
- 6ΕΥ
- 9
- i
- (box-monogram:)
- 1 monogram
- ii
- (box-monogram:)
- 1 monogram
- 10
- (A drawing, at right angles to the edge, of the head and shoulders, of a figure with a complex hairdo, or headdress, turning slightly to the right.)
- 11
- (Box-monogram:)
- 1 monogram
- 15
- 1 ΥΚΕΔ ·Χ· steps
- 16
- (On one seat there is a design, ?a phallus)
- (Scattered letters)
- 17
- (Scattered letters)
- 18
- (Scattered letters)
- 19
- (Scattered letters)
- 20
- i
- (Design, type S3.)
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 21
- (Scattered letters)
- 22
- (Scattered letters)
- 23
- (Scattered letters)
- 24
- 1 steps Κ·Τ[······]
- 25
- (Scattered letters)
- 26
- i
- 1[ - - - ]··
- 2···ΧΗΒΟΗΤΟ·[ - - - ]
- 3ΔΟΥΛΟΣΓΕΩ
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
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type="textpart_section"
n="2"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="a"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Εὐχὴ
Στε
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
φανᾶ
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="b"
>
</div>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
Νικᾷ
ἡ
τύχη
τῶν
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="3"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="5"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<note>
</div>
Design, type C1
</note>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Design type C2
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="8"
>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ζω
</orig>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
κ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ο
</unclear>
τ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ν
</unclear>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
χπ
</orig>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
ε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
π
</unclear>
<note>
ll. 5 and 6 at right angles to the rest
</note>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
τυ
</orig>
<lb
n="6"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
ευ
</orig>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="9"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<note>
box-monogram:
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
</ab>
<abbr>
<orig
>
</abbr>
<g
type="monogram"
/>
</orig>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
Νικᾷ
ἡ
τύχη
τῶν
Πρασίνων
</supplied>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
box-monogram:
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
</expan>
</ab>
<abbr>
<orig
>
</abbr>
<g
type="monogram"
/>
</orig>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
Ἡ
τύχη
τῶν
Πρασίνων
</supplied>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="10"
>
<note>
</div>
A drawing, at right angles to the edge, of the head and shoulders, of a figure with a complex hairdo, or headdress, turning
slightly to the right.
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="11"
>
<note>
Box-monogram:
</note>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
</expan>
</ab>
<abbr>
<orig
>
</abbr>
<g
type="monogram"
/>
</orig>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
Νικᾷ
ἡ
τύχη
τῶν
Πρασίνων
</supplied>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="15"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
υκεδ
</orig>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
κ
</unclear>
χ
</orig>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ω
</unclear>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="16"
>
<note>
On one seat there is a design, ?a phallus
</note>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<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"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="20"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<note>
</div>
Design, type S3.
</note>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<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"
>
<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"
/>
κ
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
τ
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
</ab>
έχεται
</supplied>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="25"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="26"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
οι
</unclear>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Υ
</unclear>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Α
</unclear>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Η
</unclear>
ΧΗ
</orig>
<expan>
<abbr>
βοή
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
θι
</supplied>
το
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
σ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="3"
/>
δούλο
<expan>
<abbr>
σ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ου
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Γεώ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ργιο
</supplied>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
Translation:
Row 2 (a) Prayer of Stephanas (b) The fortune triumphs of the [...
Row 8: It is hard to make any sense of this text, or even to be sure in what order to read the letters; but it seems possible that there are the initial letters of several names : Ζω(τικος), Τυ(χικος), Ἐπ(?), Εὐ(?).
Row 9.i. (The fortune of the Greens triumphs !)
Row 9.ii. (The fortune of the Greens)
Row 11: (The fortune of the Greens triumphs)
Row 24: Reserved
Row 26.i: - help your servant George.
Commentary:
See bibliography.
Photographs:
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