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Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (2004).

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Description of Monument

Seven white marble benches: i: 0.46 × 1.25 × 0.335. ii: Broken below, and to right, 0.45 × 1.35 × depth not measurable. iii: No measurements. iv: 0.45 × 1.02 × 0.39. v: 0.44 × 0.98 × depth not measurable. vi: 0.42 × 1.53 × 0.32. vii 0.46 × 1.24 × 0.33.

Description of Text

Inscribed in the centre of the upper face; vii is partly hidden.

Description of Letters

Varying from 0.04 (o), in vii to 0.07 (i. ii, vi) to 0.085 (v) to 0.09 (iii) to 0.10 (iv). Scroll for abbreviation.

Date

Fourth to sixth centuries A.D. (lettering, re-use).

Edition

Θεοδωριτῶν

Εὐτυχιτῶν

Ἡρακλειτῶν

Θεοδωριτῶν

Translation

i. Theod(oritai?)

ii. Eut(ychitai?)

iii. Herak(leitai?)

iv. Herak(leitai?)

v. Herak(leitai?)

vi. Herak(leitai?)

vii. Theo[d](oritai?)

Commentary

See discussion at XI.18.

Locations

Found: Theatre: i and iv stray finds; ii, iii, v, vi and re-used in the Byzantine defence wall across the east end; vii reused in the upper structure at the north-east end of the cavea.. Original location: Unknown.. Last recorded location: ii, iii, vii findspot; i, iv, v, vi loose in the Theatre area..

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition (i-vi before 1989, vii in 1992)

Bibliography

i-vi published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 212, whence McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 701, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697.

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Roueché).

Photographs

i (1972)

ii and iii (1975)

iv (1983)

iv, detail (1972)

v and vi (1976)

vii (1989)