8.255. Place inscription for Aelius Benouseinos
- Description:
- A block (W. 0.54 × H. 0.44 × D. 0.24).
- Text:
- Scratched on the face.
- Letters:
- Irregular, scratched; 0.05-0.09; cursive alpha, lambda.
- Date:
- Second to third centuries A.D. (nomenclature).
- Findspot:
- Theatre
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Theatre field depot (1975)
- History of discovery:
- Recorded by the NYU expedition (Theatre 26)
- Bibliography:
- Unpublished.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
- 1Αἰλ(ίου)
- 2 Βενουσί-
- 3νου κρα(τίστου)
- 1ΑΙΛ
- 2ΒΕΝΟΥΣΙ
- 3ΝΟΥΚΡΑ
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
Αἰλ
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
ίου
</supplied>
<lb
n="2"
/>
Βενουσί
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
νου
<expan>
<abbr>
κρα
</abbr>
<supplied
reason="abbreviation"
>
</expan>
τίστου
</supplied>
Translation:
(Place) of Ael(ius) Benuseinos, most distinguished.
Commentary:
Cf. M. Aur. Aelius Antonius Benuseinos, 5.204 (=Baths 4).
Photographs:
- Face (1975)
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