8.111. Building inscription by Aristokles [Molossos] son of Ar[temidoros]

Description:
Two adjacent, but not adjoining, fragments of a white marble panel, D. 0.17-0.19 thick, with a simple moulding above, complete but damaged at either side and broken below. a W. 0.395 × H. 0.685, b W. 0.42 × H. 0.68.
Text:
Inscribed on the face. The text must have been presented in columns, with one at least to the left of this one.
Letters:
0.025 - 0.03.
Date:
Julio-Claudian (prosopography, terminology)
Findspot:
a. loose find; b. Walls, South-east
Original Location:
Very probably in the Theatre
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Found by the NYU expedition, a in 1968 (68.333), b in 1977.
Bibliography:
published by •Reynolds, Aph Papers 2, A.1, whence SEG 1991.911.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1991).
1 ὑπὸ Ἀριστ[οκλ]έους τοῦ Ἀρ[τεμιδώρου Μολόσσου ·· ? ·· ? τῶν]
2 τριῶν εἰς [τὸ] θέατρον εἰσόδω[ν ·· ? ·· ?τὰ ?περιοι]
3κοδομήμ̣[ατ]α λιθέας καὶ Λ̣ [·· ? ··]
4ἀκρωτή[ρια] τὰ εἰς τὴν κε[·· ? ··]
5ΤΑ ἐντ̣[ος τοῦ] θεάτρου Τ̣ [·· ? ··]
6 καὶ τ[ὴν ?κατασ]τέγασιν [·· ? ··]
6a vac. [? vacat ] vacat [·· ? ··]
1ΥΠΟΑΡΙΣΤ[···]ΕΟΥΣΤΟΥΑΡ[················· - - - ···]
2ΤΡΙΩΝΕΙΣ[··]ΘΕΑΤΡΟΝΕΙΣΟΔΩ[· - - - ········]
3ΚΟΔΟΜΗ·[··]ΑΛΙΘΕΑΣΚΑΙ·[ - - - ]
4ΑΚΡΩΤΗ[···]ΤΑΕΙΣΤΗΝΚΕ[ - - - ]
5ΤΑΕΝ·[·····]ΘΕΑΤΡΟΥ·[ - - - ]
6ΚΑΙΤ[·······]ΤΕΓΑΣΙΝ[ - - - ]
6a    [······]      [ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
ὑπὸ
Ἀριστ
<supplied reason="lost" >
οκλ
</supplied>
έους
τοῦ
Ἀρ
<supplied reason="lost" >
τεμιδώρου
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Μολόσσου
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
τῶν
</supplied>
<lb n="2" />
τριῶν
εἰς
<supplied reason="lost" >
τὸ
</supplied>
θέατρον
εἰσόδω
<supplied reason="lost" >
ν
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
τὰ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
περιοι
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
κοδομή
<unclear reason="damage" >
μ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ατ
</supplied>
α
λιθέας
καὶ
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
λ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
ἀκρωτή
<supplied reason="lost" >
ρια
</supplied>
τὰ
εἰς
τὴν
κε
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
τα
</orig>
ἐν
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ος
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
τοῦ
</supplied>
θεάτρου
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
καὶ
τ
<supplied reason="lost" >
ὴν
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
κατασ
</supplied>
τέγασιν
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6a" />
<space extent="4" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
<space extent="6" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</supplied>
<space extent="6" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
</ab>
<ab> </ab>

Apparatus

l. 2, ΤΡΙΩΝ might possibly the end of a word begun in l.3.

ll. 2-3, οἰκοδομήμ̣[ατ]α would be possible, but for περιοικοδομήμ̣ατα in a theatrical context see O.A.W. Dilke, MH 5 (1948), 64 (SEG)

l.6, cf καταστεγάζω, L.B. Holland, AJA 54 (1950), 343-6 (SEG)

Translation:

[?. . . ] by Aristokles [Molossos] son of Ar[temidoros, . . . the . . .] ? of the three (?) entries into the theatre [ . . ? . . ?surrounding] walls (?buildings) of marble and [. . . ? . . . ] acroteria, those for the [ . . . ? . . .] within the theatre [ . . . ? . . .] and the roofing.

Commentary:

One of a group of inscriptions, in a distinctive hand, by Aristokles Molossos: 8.113, 8.111, 8.112, 8.108 and (unpublished); cf also 8.82); see Reynolds, Aph Papers 2.

This cannot be the opening of the text, which may have started in an adjacent column to the left.

Photographs:
none.

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