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

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

Creative Commons licence Attribution 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/)

All reuse or distribution of this work must contain somewhere a link back to the URL http://insaph.kcl.ac.uk/

Originally published in Roueché (1993).

 English French German Ancient Greek Transliterated Greek Modern Greek Italian Latin Spanish Turkish AsiaTurkeyAphrodisiasGeyreAgonistic 2007-03-27Charlotte Tupmanhand tidiedGBhand tidied 2007-3-13Elliott HallBatch converted Word2XML
Description of Monument

Theatre, seats

Description of Text

On seats. Row 4: on one seat. Row 8.i: on one seat at east end; several strata of letters. Row 11: on seats at west end. Row 12. i: On third seat from east end. Row 12.ii: On second seat from west end. Row 21.i: On risers at east end.

Letters

Row 4: 0.015, cross 0.03. Row 8.i: 0.07 - 0.30. Row 11: varying letter sizes. Row 12. i: neat, 0.02 - 0.05, cursive, beta with two bowls. Row 12.ii: deeply cut, 0.045 - 0.07; square sigma, cursive delta.Row 21.i: 0.05 - 0.06; ΘΡΧΗ 0.09. Traces of red paint in letters.

Date

Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)

Edition
Φροντίνου Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τοῦ
Scattered letters
Design, type C2
Design, type C2
οτλ Below, in another hand: ιγ
Design
Design
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
μ χην ιβ κατ
Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν Βενέτων
τόπος Σπανδιου
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
θκρχη πυ ( in monogram ) ακ
Scattered letters
Design
Letters on risers
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
Scattered letters
Letters on risers
Apparatus

...

Translation

Row 4, The fortune of Phrontinos triumphs ! or (Place of) Phrontinos. The fortune of the cross triumphs !

Row 12.i, The fortune of the Blues triumphs!

Row 12.ii, Place of Spandios.

Commentary

See bibliography.

Row 4: The first translation would apply if the cross is a later addition; but if it is original, the second translation provides a standard Christian acclamation (compare 8.604 for a similar formula). Row 8.i: The middle line is very probably the number ιγ´, thirteen; compare F.6.ii. Row 11: On the westernmost seat, the letters IB (0.07) may well be a number, 12: compare 8.58.6.ii, and 8.59.8. The letters below are much larger (0.15 - 0.20) and probably from κατ[έχεται].

Locations

Theatre: seats, block G. Findspot Findspot

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché)

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Row 4: published by Roueché, ALA 137. v. Row 12. i: Roueché, ALA 181. iii, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 827 Row 12.ii: cited, Cameron, Porphyrius, 276; published Roueché, ALA 181.iv., whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 684. All published by Roueché, PPA 46.G.

Photographs

Row 4 (1976)
Row 8 (1976)
Row 10 (1976)
Row 12.i (1972)
Row 12.ii (1976)