12.15. Gladiator memorial for Xanthos

Description:: A white marble altar-stele, with simple moulding above on three sides, and below on face only (H. H. 0.85, W. W. 0.36, D. D. 0.40). On the face is a relief (damaged) of a gladiator (retiarius); he has body armour and ?a helmet; he holds the trident in both hands, across his body, facing left.
Text:: Inscribed on the upper moulding
Letters:: standard forms, c. 0.03
Date:: Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, content)
Findspot:: Walls, North to the north of the north wall of the Stadium (1892) with 12.13, 12.16; With these should probably be associated 10.101, seen by Gaudin in 1904, 'in the Stadium'.
Original Location:: Unknown
Last recorded location:: Museum
History of discovery:: Copied by Kubitschek (K V 21), and by Reichel (R.I.11) with 12.13, 12.16; recorded by the NYU expedition.
Bibliography:: mentioned by Kubitschek and Reichel, no.2, whence Robert, Gladiateurs, nos 158, 159, and 160; published from Reichel's notes by Robert, Hell. V, 93-5. Published by Roueché, PPA 25.
Text constituted from:: Publications; notebooks; transcripion (Reynolds, Roueché) This edition Roueché (2007).