Description:
White marble base capital (W. 0.705 x H. 0.325 x D. 0.65). Two cuttings for feet on the top.
Text:
Inscribed on two upper fasciae (lines 1 and 2) and on the face below. Well-preserved; some chipping on the moulding.
Letters:
0.02
Date:
Late first or second century (lettering, nomenclature)
Findspot:
Theatre: South Post Scaenam
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.48; SBI 24)
Bibliography:
Unpublished
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 ψηφισαμένης τῆς κρατίστης
2[β]ουλῆς καὶ τοῦ δήμου Λούκιον
3 (---)Ἀντώνιον Τίτου Φλα-
4(---)βίου Πάπου υἱὸν Ζη
4a[·· ? ··]
1ΨΗΦΙΣΑΜΕΝΗΣΤΗΣΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΗΣ
2[·]ΟΥΛΗΣΚΑΙΤΟΥΔΗΜΟΥΛΟΥΚΙΟΝ
3ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΝΤΙΤΟΥΦΛΑ
4ΒΙΟΥΠΑΠΟΥΥΙΟΝΖΗ
4a[ - - - ]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
ψηφισαμένης
τῆς
κρατίστης
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
β
</supplied>
ουλῆς
καὶ
τοῦ
δήμου
Λούκιον
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="omitted" extent="4" unit="character" />
Ἀντώνιον
Τίτου
Φλα
<lb n="4" type="worddiv" />
<gap reason="omitted" extent="4" unit="character" />
βίου
Πάπου
υἱὸν
Ζη
<lb n="4a" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Translation:

After the vote of the most powerful Council and the People (they honoured) Lucius Antonius Ze[- ], son of Titus Flabius Papas [ . . .

Commentary:

The text will have continued on the shaft.

Photographs:

Face (1981)
 Face (1981)

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