8.94. Graffiti

Description:
White marble doric half-column, supporting stage architrave.
Text:
Sctached, a: On the east face, at H. 0.99 above floor level; b: On the south side, at H. 1.33 above floor level
Letters:
a: clear, irregular, 0.02-0.025
Date:
Third to fifth century A.D. (context, lettering)
Findspot:
Theatre stage, portico across stage, ninth column from south.
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, PPA 6.9.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).
1 Ζήνων ἔγρ -
2 αφε
(Drawings of ?fish or ?phalli)
1ΖΗΝΩΝΕΓΡ
2ΑΦΕ
(Drawings of ?fish or ?phalli)
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Ζήνων
ἔγρ
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
αφε
</ab>
<note>
Drawings of ?fish or ?phalli
</note>

Translation:

Zenon wrote (this)

Commentary:

One of a series of inscriptions on the columns supporting the architrave on the stage (which carries 8.1): 8.89, 8.98, 8.90, 8.91, 8.92, 8.93, 8.94, 8.95, 8.96, 8.97 . All the inscriptions are on the stage side of the columns, and were presumably only visible to those using the stage. See Roueché, Performers and Partisans, Chapter III.

Photographs:

View of stage columns (1985)
 View of stage columns (1985)
a, east face (1976)
 a, east face (1976)
b, south face (1976)
 b, south face (1976)

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