<rs type="textType">Seat inscriptions</rs>: Theatre, Block D

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (1993).

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Description of Monument

Theatre, seats

Description of Text

On upper face of seats. Row 15.ii: At front edge of seat. Row 20: at west end.

Letters

Row 12: 0.08 - 0.14. Row 13.i: 0.04. Row 15.ii: cross 0.15, letters, 0.06 - 0.08. Row 16: total height 0.36. Row 19.i: 0.10 - 0.20. Row 20: neat, 0.12 - 0.14

Designs. 6: 0.32 x 0.11. 7.i: 0.195 x 0.14. 7.ii: 0.215 x 0.125. 15.ii: 0.15.

Date

Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)

Edition
Scattered letters
Row 6, design, type H4
Design, type S3, with the sides not quite straight.
Design, type H4, within a frame, but with only one row completed..
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κυατέχεται ΣΑΝ -
Κύριε βοήθει
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A crudely drawn face, overcut by designs, including two type S3.
A very well-cut cross in outline, with triangular ends to each arm. ΙΦλσ vac.
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Α Ω
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ΛΙ καατέχεται σΤ
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Ο̣ Υ Φ Ο Ν
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Translation

Row 12: Reserved

Row 13: Lord, help!

Row 19.i: Reserved

Commentary

See bibliography.

Locations

Theatre: seats, block D. Findspot Findspot

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché)

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Row 13.i: published by Roueché, ALA 137. i, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 773 . Row 16: Roueché, ALA 137. ii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 774. All published by Roueché, PPA 46.D.

Photographs

Row 13 (1975)
Row 15.i (1975)
Row 15.ii (1988)
Row 16 (1975)
Row 19.i (1975)