8.61. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, Block J

Description:
Theatre, seats
Text:
Row 2: on one block.Row 3.i: On one block. Row 3.iii: On risers. Row 4.i: On one block. Row 4.ii: On another seat. Row 8: On one block. Row 13: on one block. Row 23.i: on one block, broken to left, at the north end of row. Row 26: On one block, along edge
Letters:
Row 2: 0.05 - 0.07. Row 3.iii: 0.03, and 0.06. Row 4.ii: Drawing, height 0.39. Row 8: 0.03 - 0.09 (the final Θ of l.4). Row 13: l. 1, 0.03, l. 2, 0.04 - 0.05, faint. Row 23.i: ave. 0.10. Row 23.ii: monogram, 0.33. Row 26: ave. 0.05.
Date:
Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
Findspot:
Theatre: seats, block J
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Row 13, Line 2 cited, Cameron, Porphyrius 276 (part); Roueché, ALA 181. vii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 698. All published by Roueché, PPA 46.J.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
2
1 vac. Ἡλιοδώρ(ου) vac.
3
i
(A drawing of a standing figure, dressed in a loin-cloth; his arms, which are raised, appear to be clothed in ?straps. ?A wrestler.)
ii
1 steps | ζ | vac. | αλ | vac.
4
i
(A sketch of a phallus, and an unfinished sketch of ?a face with long hair on either side. )
ii
(Two busts, facing outwards, each with radiate headdresses. )
8
i
(A head and shoulders clearly cut with a fine tool; the hair-cut is short, and looks masculine, but what appear to be breasts are marked by two circles.)
1 τοῦ κὲ bust νικᾷ ἡ τύχη
2 Κολοτρονος bust Θεοδότου
3 vacat bust προταυ
4 vacat bust ραρίου
ii
(Scattered letters )
11
(Scattered letters )
12
(Scattered letters )
13
1 τό̣π̣ο τῶν μακελλίτων(sic)
2 Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν Βενέτων
15
(Scattered letters )
16
(Scattered letters )
17
(Scattered letters )
18
(Scattered letters )
19
(Scattered letters )
20
(Scattered letters )
23
i
1 [·· ? ··]μου [·· ? ··]
2 [·· ? ··]φου [·· ? ··]
ii
(Among several scattered letters, a monogram, 0.33, based on Κ and Ε, with perhaps Τ and Ι.)
26
i
1 vac. | μνίου ΛΥ | vac.
ii
(Scattered letters )
2
1   ΗΛΙΟΔΩΡ   
3
i
(A drawing of a standing figure, dressed in a loin-cloth; his arms, which are raised, appear to be clothed in ?straps. ?A wrestler.)
ii
1 steps Ζ   ΑΛ   
4
i
(A sketch of a phallus, and an unfinished sketch of ?a face with long hair on either side. )
ii
(Two busts, facing outwards, each with radiate headdresses. )
8
i
(A head and shoulders clearly cut with a fine tool; the hair-cut is short, and looks masculine, but what appear to be breasts are marked by two circles.)
1ΤΟΥΚΕ bust ΝΙΚΑΗΤΥΧΗ
2ΚΟΛΟΤΡΟΝΟΣ bust ΘΕΟΔΟΤΟΥ
3           bust ΠΡΟΤΑΥ
4           bust ΡΑΡΙΟΥ
ii
(Scattered letters )
11
(Scattered letters )
12
(Scattered letters )
13
1Τ··ΟΤΩΝΜΑΚΕΛΛΙΤΩΝ(sic)
2ΝΙΚΑΗΤΥΧΗΤΩΝΒΕΝΕΤΩΝ
15
(Scattered letters )
16
(Scattered letters )
17
(Scattered letters )
18
(Scattered letters )
19
(Scattered letters )
20
(Scattered letters )
23
i
1[·· ? ··]ΜΟΥ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΦΟΥ[·· ? ··]
ii
(Among several scattered letters, a monogram, 0.33, based on Κ and Ε, with perhaps Τ and Ι.)
26
i
1   ΜΝΙΟΥΛΥ   
ii
(Scattered letters )
<div type="textpart_section" n="2" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Ἡλιοδώρ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ου
</supplied>
</expan>
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="3" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<note>
A drawing of a standing figure, dressed in a loin-cloth; his arms, which are raised, appear to be clothed in ?straps. ?A wrestler.
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<g type="steps" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<orig >
ζ
</orig>
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<orig >
αλ
</orig>
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="4" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<note>
A sketch of a phallus, and an unfinished sketch of ?a face with long hair on either side.
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<note>
Two busts, facing outwards, each with radiate headdresses.
</note>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="8" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<note>
A head and shoulders clearly cut with a fine tool; the hair-cut is short, and looks masculine, but what appear to be breasts are marked by two circles.
</note>
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
τοῦ
κὲ
<g type="bust" />
νικᾷ
ἡ
τύχη
<lb n="2" />
Κολοτρονος
<g type="bust" />
Θεοδότου
<lb n="3" />
<space extent="10" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<g type="bust" />
προταυ
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<space extent="10" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<g type="bust" />
ραρίου
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="11" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="12" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="13" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
όπ
</unclear>
ο
τῶν
μακελλίτων
<note>
sic
</note>
<lb n="2" />
Νικᾷ
ἡ
τύχη
τῶν
Βενέτων
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="15" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="16" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="17" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="18" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="19" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="20" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="23" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="" dim="left" precision="circa" />
<orig >
μου
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="" dim="right" precision="circa" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="" dim="left" precision="circa" />
<orig >
φου
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="" dim="right" precision="circa" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<note>
Among several scattered letters, a monogram,
0.33
, based on
Κ
and
Ε
, with perhaps
Τ
and
Ι
.
</note>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="26" >
<div type="textpart_column" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" precision="circa" />
<milestone unit="block" />
<unclear reason="undefined" >
μ
</unclear>
νίου
ΛΥ
<milestone unit="block" />
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" precision="circa" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_column" n="ii" >
<note>
Scattered letters
</note>
</div>
</div>

Translation:

Row 2: (Place of) Heliodoros.

Row 8.i: The fortune triumphs of Theodotos, first goldsmith, also (called) Kolotron.

Row 13: Place of the butchers. The fortune of the Blues triumphs!

Row 26.i: [(Place of) ?Poly]mnios ?Ly[-

Commentary:

See bibliography.

For aurarii, see 10.21, and Roueché, ‘Aurarii in the auditorium’, Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik 105 (1995), 37-50; discussing this text in particular, J.-M. Carrié, 'Les métiers de labanque entre public et privé (IV-VIIe siècle)', Atti Accademia Romanistica Costantiniana XII Convegno (1998), 65-93; C. Zuckerman, 'Le cirque, l'argent et le peuple', REB 58 (2000) 69-96.

Photographs:

Row 2 (1976)
 Row 2 (1976)
Row 3.i (1988)
 Row 3.i (1988)
Row 4.i (1976)
 Row 4.i (1976)
Row 4.ii (1988)
 Row 4.ii (1988)
Row 8.i (1972)
 Row 8.i (1972)
Row 13 (1976)
 Row 13 (1976)
Row 23.i (1976)
 Row 23.i (1976)
Row 26.i (1976)
 Row 26.i (1976)

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