8.63. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, Blocks K/L
- Description:
- Theatre, cavea, steps leading upwards between the blocks:
- Text:
- On the risers
- Letters:
- Step 14: 0.08; step 17, 0.09, very worn.
- Date:
- Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: Cavea, steps between blocks K and L.
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, PPA 46.K/L.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 14
- 1 Α
- 17
- 1 Δ̣
- 14
- 1Α
- 17
- 1·
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="14"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
α
</orig>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="17"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
</ab>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
δ
</unclear>
Translation:
Perhaps numbers
Commentary:
If these are numbers, they are at the right distance from one another, but it is strange that they should start so high - perhaps above the level of officially allocated seats. See bibliography.
- Photographs:
- none.
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