8.109. Fragmentary acclamations

Description:
A series of frsco fragments on wall plaster, some joining to make up ten fragments.
Text:
Letters painted in green on a white background; there are slight traces of a border at the lower edge of a.
Letters:
Varying in size, where this can be determined: 0.05-0.07 in a and b, 0.04-0.045 in c, d and e. The lettering itself is very similar to that of 5.24, 8.408, 8.268, 11.63.
Date:
Fifth to sixth centuries (terminology).
Findspot:
Theatre: Stage front: small 'chamber' at the north end, painted on the eastern, inner face of the west wall.
Original Location:
Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Museum.
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1970.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 76 a-e, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 810, 811, 812, 813, 814; republished by Roueché, PPA, 9.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
i
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ν̣Ι̣Υ̣[·]Λ̣Σ̣Ι̣
2[?νικᾷ ἡ] τ̣ύχη τῆς [·· ? ··]
3 border
ii
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ι̣ΗΙ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··] νικᾷ [·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··
iii
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ι̣Ι̣ΜΙ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· ?εὐσε]βοῦς Ο̣ [·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]Ρ̣ΙΣ v. decoration
4[·· ? ··
iv
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ··]Ο̣ΙΔΛ̣[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]ΚΨ[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··
v
0·· ? ··]
1[·· ? ·· ?τύ]χη̣ [·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··]Ι̣ΤΛ̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··
i
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]···[·]···
2[······]·ΥΧΗΤΗΣ[ - - - ]
3 border
ii
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]··Η·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΝΙΚΑ[ - - - ]
3[·· ? ··
iii
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]··Μ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ····]ΒΟΥΣ·[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ]·ΙΣ  decoration
4[·· ? ··
iv
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ]·ΙΔ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΚΨ[ - - - ]
3[·· ? ··
v
0·· ? ··]
1[ - - - ··]Χ·[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]·Τ·[ - - - ]
3[·· ? ··
<div type="textpart_section" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
νιυ
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="1" unit="character" dim="internal" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
λσι
</unclear>
</orig>
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
νικᾷ
ἡ
</supplied>
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
ύχη
τῆς
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<g type="border" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιι
</unclear>
η
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
νικᾷ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="iii" >
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιι
</unclear>
μ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
εὐσε
</supplied>
βοῦς
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ρ
</unclear>
ισ
</orig>
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<g type="decoration" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="iv" >
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ο
</unclear>
ιδ
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
κψ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="v" >
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
τύ
</supplied>
χ
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
τ
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>

Apparatus

The five further fragments are even less significant.

Translation:

i. [·· ? ··] the fortune triumphs! [·· ? ··]

ii. [·· ? ··] triumphs! [·· ? ··]

iii. [·· ? ··] ?pious [·· ? ··]

v. [·· ? ··] ?fortune [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 V.57.

Photographs:

a: (1977)
 a: (1977)
b: (1977)
 b: (1977)
c: (1977)
 c: (1977)
d: (1977)
 d: (1977)
e: (1977)
 e: (1977)
f: (1977)
 f: (1977)
g: (1977)
 g: (1977)
h: (1977)
 h: (1977)
j: (1977)
 j: (1977)

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