<rs type="textType">Pavement designs</rs> and <rs type="textType">place inscription</rs>s, South Agora pool

Charlotte M. Roueché and Gabriel Bodard2007

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Originally published in McCabe (1993).

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Description of Monument

White marble seating along the edge of pool.

Description of Text

Inscribed roughly on the upper face. i: Beside the design. ii: Texts are cut outside the frame; a. Along east edge. b. Along north edge; deeper letters, ave. 0.06. the text apparently continued on an adjacent block, now lost. c. Along west edge. d. Along south edge.

Letters

i: shallow letters, 0.05(ο) - 0.07; cursive mu, lunate sigma. ii.a very worn, ave. 0.04. ii.b deeper letters, ave. 0.06; lunate sigma. ii.c: 0.035. ii.d: 0.04, lunate sigma (very unclear). iii: very faint, 0.02-0.05.

Date

Second-tenth century A.D. (context)

Edition
A square, S.2 (0.017 x 0.19). Beside it Μαρῖ ε
1 type 3 Rows.11 within a frame (0.51 x 0.71) with circles (0.11) on the central dividing line.
ουμο λαυπεωσ
Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη π
Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη
Εὐσέβιος
A circle, type CC.7 (diam. 0.61) but with a cross in the central circle. υγι οευ οισ
Δουλ κιτιαν οῦ
A circle, C.2.
Apparatus

I, l.2: It is not quite clear whether the last traces do form a letter.

ii. a: ΘΠΕ Roueché, Gameboards.

Translation

i: (? Place of) Marinos

ii.b: The fortune triumphs [ of ? . .. ii.d: Eusebios

iii: [ . . .] of Doulkitianos

Commentary

See Roueché, ‘Gameboards’.

Locations

South Agora i. On block on the south side, towards the west. ii. On block on the south side of the pool, at the centre. iii. On the block to the east of ii. iv. To east of iii. Findspot Findspot (1990)

Text Constituted From

Preliminary transcription (Reynolds, Roueché).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, Gameboards 14.

Photographs

iii.: 90.F.9, 90.F.8

i: Face (1990)
i: Face (1990)
ii and iii (1990)
ii (1990)
iii (1990)