8.265. Reserved benches for associations

Description:
Seven white marble benches: i: H. 0.46 × W. 1.25 × D. 0.335. ii: Broken below, and to right, H. 0.45 × W. 1.35 × depth not measurable. iii: No measurements. iv: H. 0.45 × W. 1.02 × D. 0.39. v: H. 0.44 × W. 0.98 × depth not measurable. vi: H. 0.42 × W. 1.53 × D. 0.32. vii H. 0.46 × W. 1.24 × D. 0.33.
Text:
Inscribed in the centre of the upper face; vii is partly hidden.
Letters:
Varying from 0.04 (o), in vii to 0.07 (i. ii, vi) to 0.085 (v) to 0.09 (iii) to 0.10 (iv). Scroll for abbreviation.
Date:
Fourth to sixth centuries A.D. (lettering, re-use).
Findspot:
Theatre: i and iv stray finds; ii, iii, v, vi and re-used in the Byzantine defence wall across the east end; vii reused in the upper structure at the north-east end of the cavea.
Original Location:
Unknown.
Last recorded location:
ii, iii, vii findspot; i, iv, v, vi loose in the Theatre area.
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (i-vi before 1989, vii in 1992)
Bibliography:
i-vi published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 212, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 701, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
i
1Θεοδ(ωριτῶν)
ii
1 Εὐτ(υχιτῶν)
iii
1 Ἡρακ(λειτῶν)
iv
1 Ἡρακ(λειτῶν)
v
1 Ἡρακ(λειτῶν)
vi
1 Ἡρακ(λειτῶν)
vii
1 Θεο[?δ](ωριτῶν)
i
1ΘΕΟΔ
ii
1ΕΥΤ
iii
1ΗΡΑΚ
iv
1ΗΡΑΚ
v
1ΗΡΑΚ
vi
1ΗΡΑΚ
vii
1ΘΕΟ[·]
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Θεοδ
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ωριτῶν
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Εὐτ
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υχιτῶν
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Ἡρακ
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λειτῶν
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Ἡρακ
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λειτῶν
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<abbr>
Ἡρακ
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<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
λειτῶν
</supplied>
</expan>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="vi" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Ἡρακ
</abbr>
<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
λειτῶν
</supplied>
</expan>
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="vii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
Θεο
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δ
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<supplied reason="abbreviation" >
ωριτῶν
</supplied>
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Translation:

i. Theod(oritai?)

ii. Eut(ychitai?)

iii. Herak(leitai?)

iv. Herak(leitai?)

v. Herak(leitai?)

vi. Herak(leitai?)

vii. Theo[d](oritai?)

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 XI.18.

Photographs:

i (1972)
 i (1972)
ii and iii (1975)
 ii and iii (1975)
iv (1983)
 iv (1983)
iv, detail (1972)
 iv, detail (1972)
v and vi (1976)
 v and vi (1976)
vii (1989)
 vii (1989)

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