8.212. Dedication by Gaius Volousios, mime actor
- Description:
- Small white marble altar moulded above and below (W. 0.115 × H. 0.255 × D. 0.10) with damaged relief of a winged figure with cloak behind on the face: the head is lost (but without a scar) and the place of the letters of the cognomen allows for it. There is a further figure to the left.
- Text:
- Inscribed i. on the upper moulding, which is damaged, ii. on the face above the relief, iii. on the lower moulding.
- Letters:
- Irregular, but not ill-cut; cursive sigma and omega; 0.01-0.04. Dash for abbreviation.
- Date:
- First to fourth centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Theatre VII, on surface
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum (1977)
- History of discovery:
- Found by the NYU expedition in 1968 (68.117)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1Ι̣Σ̣[·]ΜΙΔ̣Ι̣Ι̣[·· ? ··]
- 1 Γ(άιος) Βολ(ούσιος) βιοτι-
- 5 vac. κ vac. ός
- 1[·· ? ··]ΧΙ[·· ? ··]
- 1··[·]ΜΙ···[ - - - ]
- 1ΓΒΟΛΒΙΟΤΙ
- 5 Κ ΟΣ
- 1[ - - - ]ΧΙ[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
ισ
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="1"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
μι
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</orig>
διι
</unclear>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
</ab>
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Γ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
άιος
</supplied>
<expan>
<abbr>
Βολ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ούσιος
</supplied>
βιοτι
<lb
n="5"
type="worddiv"
/>
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
κ
<space
extent="3"
unit="character"
dim="horizontal"
/>
ός
</ab>
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<orig
n="unresolved"
>
χι
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
ii. G(aius) Vol(ousios) mime-actor
Commentary:
This record of a mime actor was not included in Roueché, PPA
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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