8.268. Fragmentary acclamations

Description:
Two fragments from two separate rectangular white marble (column) blocks, which look very much like doorposts. i. Upper part (H. 0.87 × W. 0.81 × D. 0.42) broken below. ii. Lower part (H. 0.60 × W. 0.51 × D. 0.38) broken above.
Text:
i:. Just above the break a rectangular area of white plaster was outlined in red (H. H. 0.33, W. W. 0.55) and inscribed with a painted text; there are at least two levels of text (as in 8.408, 8.508). ii. A similar rectangular area is outlined below the break (H. H. 0.17, W. W. 0.53); only one level of text can be deciphered.
Letters:
Flowing and elegant. i.a, 0.04; i.b, 0.05; ii, 0.04
Date:
Fifth/sixth century (terminology).
Findspot:
Theatre: reused in the Byzantine defence wall built across the east side of the Theatre, in the stretch blocking the south parodos.
Original Location:
There is no indication of original provenance; but we know that materials for this wall were brought from as far away as the Sebasteion complex.
Last recorded location:
On site.
History of discovery:
Excavated during dismantling of the defence wall in 1982.
Bibliography:
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 78, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 822, 823, 824.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
i
a
0·· ? ··]
1ΤΟΥ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··
b
1[·· ? ·· ?νικᾷ ἡ] τύχῃ [·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ·· ?εἰς αἰ]ῶνα Η̣[·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]ΙΡΟΥΣΙ̣Α̣Ι̣Ι̣Α̣[·· ? ··]
4
ii
0·· ? ··]
1Ι̣Ι̣Η̣Ι̣ΗΝ[··]Ι̣[·· ? ··]
2 ?v.
i
a
0·· ? ··]
1ΤΟΥ[ - - - ]
2[·· ? ··
b
1[ - - - ·····]ΤΥΧΗ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ·····]ΩΝΑ·[ - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΙΡΟΥΣ·····[ - - - ]
4
ii
0·· ? ··]
1····ΗΝ[··]·[ - - - ]
2 
<div type="textpart_section" n="i" >
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="a" >
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
του
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_fragment" n="b" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
νικᾷ
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ἡ
</supplied>
τύχῃ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
εἰς
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
αἰ
</supplied>
ῶνα
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
η
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ιρ
ουσ
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιαιια
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
</ab>
</div>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="0" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="top" />
<lb n="1" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ιιηι
</unclear>
ην
<gap reason="lost" extent="2" unit="character" dim="internal" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<space extent="1" unit="character" id="space1" dim="vertical" />
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

For translations of the recognizable phrases, see discussion.

Commentary:

See discussion at ala2004 V.59.

Photographs:

i. Detail (1983)
 i. Detail (1983)
i. Face (1983)
 i. Face (1983)
ii. Face (1983)
 ii. Face (1983)

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