8.253. Honours
- Description:
- White marble statue base capital (W. 0.90 × H. 0.33 × D. 0.82).
- Text:
- inscribed on one fascia (H. 0.55 xW. 0.75)
- Letters:
- Standard second to third century forms; 0.035
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
- Findspot:
- Theatre: S.P.S., topsoil
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Museum
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1972 (72.160b; SBI 158)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1 ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος
- 1a[·· ? ··
- 1ΗΒΟΥΛΗΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣ
- 1a[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
ἡ
βουλὴ
καὶ
ὁ
δῆμος
<lb
n="1a"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="line"
dim="bottom"
/>
</ab>
Translation:
The Council and the People [honoured so and so ·· ? ··
Commentary:
One of three very similar such plinths, all found during excavation of the Theatre (8.252, 8.253, 8.254)
- Photographs:
- none.
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