8.610. Building inscription of Pytheas, in verse
- Description:
- Five joining fragments of white marble revetment, with upper and lower edges surviving (H. H. 0.62, W. W. 1.28, Th. D. 0.025).
- Text:
- Inscribed on the prepared face.
- Letters:
- 0.275; very mannered; cut with a broad trench, with triangular profile, but with sides unpolished.
- Date:
- Late fifth century (prosopography).
- Findspot:
- Theatre Baths.
- Original Location:
- Theatre Baths.
- Last recorded location:
- Museum.
- History of discovery:
- Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1974 (74.197).
- Bibliography:
- Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 57 and plate xiv, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 707, Steinepigramme 02/09/21.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Roueché). This edition Roueché (2007).
- 1[·· ? ·· Π]υθέας τρισόλ̣[βιος ·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ·]ΥΘΕΑΣΤΡΙΣΟ·[···· - - - ]
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="left"
/>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
Π
</supplied>
υθέας
τρισό
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
λ
</unclear>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
βιος
</supplied>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
dim="right"
/>
Translation:
[·· ? ··] Pytheas thrice-blessed [·· ? ··]
Photographs:
- Face (1977)
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- Face (1977)
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