Description of Monument

A statue (for description see bibliography) and blue marble statue base with simple moulding above, broken below and to the right (0.25 x 0.57 x 0.28).

Description of Text

i. Inscribed on the face of the base; ii inscribed on the plinth of the statue.

Letters

i.: Letters square, probably third century; 0.04

ii: cursive, l.1, 0.03; l.2. 0.025.

Date

Third century (lettering, sculpture)

Edition Πίσεαν Πισέου περιοδονίκην ἡ πατρίς Πολυνείκης Ἀφροδεισιεὺς ἐποίει

Translation

i: The fatherland (honours) Piseas, son of Piseas, circuit-victor.

ii: Polyneikes, Aphrodisian, made (this)

Commentary

See bibliography.

Locations

Theatre, near the Porta Regia. Theatre, south analemma Museum (with statue) (2004)

Text Constituted From

Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition (71.337, 70.509)

Bibliography

i published by Roueché, PPA 75;

ii published by Erim-Reynolds, 'Sculptors' no.8, whence 40 1990.931. Both published, with the statue, by Smith, , no. 39

Photographs

i and ii displayed (2004)

Text i (2004)

Text i (2000)

Text ii (2004)

Text ii (1978)