8.64. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, Block L
- Description:
- Theatre, seats
- Text:
- Row 4: On one block. Row 6.i: at west end. Row 7: at east end; Row 13.i: at east end. Row 19: at west end. Row 20.i: on one block at east end. Row 21.i: at east end. Row 24.i: at east end, on riser.
- Letters:
- Row 4: 0.04. Row 6.i: 0.04. Row 7: 0.03; lunate sigma. Row 13.i: 0.17 - 0.19. Row 19: 0.08. Row 20.i: 0.07. Row 21.i: 0.09 - 0.06. Row 24.i: 0.02.Designs: Row 1: 0.17 x 0.14. Row 3: 0.45 x 0.17.
- Date:
- Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)
- Findspot:
- Theatre: seats, block L
- Original Location:
- Findspot
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Row 4: Published by Roueché, ALA 181.viii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 829. All as Roueché, PPA 46.L.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1
- (Design,?type H8)
- 3
- (Design, type R1 )
- 4
- 1 steps | (Design R1) Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη
- 2 τῶν ? vac. α̣ο
- 6
- i
- 1 vac. εγ vac.
- ii
- (Design, type C2)
- iii
- (Scattered letters)
- 7
- 1 steps | τόπος Β̣εν̣ε̣των̣ |
- 8
- (Scattered letters)
- 9
- i
- (There is a graffito of a face )
- ii
- (Design, type C2)
- 13
- i
- 1 steps | αρ | vac.
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 15
- (Scattered letters)
- 17
- (Scattered letters)
- 19
- 1 vac. | vac. π vac. | vac. παθ [··] | vac. | steps
- 20
- i
- 1 steps | (3 seats) | τ stop ι stop χρυσ(ου)̣ [ . ]
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 21
- i
- 1 steps | χ | vac. | [·] | vac. | ω | vac.
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 22
- (Scattered letters)
- 23
- (Scattered letters)
- 24
- i
- 1 steps | vac. | λ | vac.
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 1
- (Design,?type H8)
- 3
- (Design, type R1 )
- 4
- 1 steps (Design R1)ΝΙΚΑΗΤΥΧΗ
- 2ΤΩΝ? ·Ο
- 6
- i
- 1 ΕΓ
- ii
- (Design, type C2)
- iii
- (Scattered letters)
- 7
- 1 steps ΤΟΠΟΣ·Ε··ΤΩ·
- 8
- (Scattered letters)
- 9
- i
- (There is a graffito of a face )
- ii
- (Design, type C2)
- 13
- i
- 1 steps ΑΡ
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 15
- (Scattered letters)
- 17
- (Scattered letters)
- 19
- 1 Π ΠΑΘ[··] steps
- 20
- i
- 1 steps (3 seats)Τ stop Ι stop ΧΡΥΣ̣[]
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 21
- i
- 1 steps Χ [·] Ω
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
- 22
- (Scattered letters)
- 23
- (Scattered letters)
- 24
- i
- 1 steps Λ
- ii
- (Scattered letters)
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="1"
>
<note>
</div>
Design,?type H8
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="3"
>
<note>
</div>
Design, type R1
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="4"
>
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<note>
Design R1
</note>
Νικᾷ
ἡ
τύχη
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="2"
/>
τῶν
?
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
>
</ab>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
α
</unclear>
ο
</orig>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="6"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
>
εγ
</orig>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
<note>
</div>
Design, type C2
</note>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="iii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="7"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
τόπος
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
Β
</unclear>
ε
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
νε
</unclear>
τω
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
ν
</unclear>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="8"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="9"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<note>
</div>
There is a graffito of a face
</note>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Design, type C2
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="13"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
>
αρ
</orig>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="15"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="17"
>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="19"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
>
π
</orig>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<orig
>
παθ
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="20"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<note>
3 seats
</note>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
>
τ
</orig>
<g
type="stop"
/>
<orig
>
ι
</orig>
<g
type="stop"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
χρυσ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ου
</supplied>
̣ [ . ]
</ab>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
<div
type="textpart_section"
n="21"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
>
χ
</orig>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
>
ω
</orig>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<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"
>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="i"
>
<ab>
</ab>
</div>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<g
type="steps"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<orig
>
λ
</orig>
<milestone
unit="block"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
<div
type="textpart_column"
n="ii"
>
</div>
<note>
</div>
Scattered letters
</note>
Translation:
Row 4: The fortune triumphs of the [-
Row 7: Place ?of Blues
Commentary:
See bibliography.
Photographs:
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