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Originally published in Roueché (2004).
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Description of Monument
Four joining fragments of a white marblepanel with a
raised rim on all sides (1. 0.89, W. 0.65, 0. 0.16), inscribed on the
face with a board, type 3Rows.4, carefully cut on the central panel
(0.55 × 0.75; circles 0.04; central rosette in circle, 0.09). One side
is entirely preserved, and the two ends survive in part.
Description of Text
Inscribed along one long side (a) and the short side to the
left of it (b). The other end was not inscribed.
Description of Letters
The letters of the two texts are similar—irregular and rough. av. 0.03—but not identical, a appears to have been cut with a finer point, and has a simple Υ; b has Υ with a cross-bar.
Date
Late fifth century A.D. (prosopography)
Edition
νικᾷἡτύχητοῦΜαρδαητου
νικᾷἡτύχητῶνΠυθεανιτῶν.
Translation
a. The fortune of Mardaetus wins!
b. The fortune of the Pytheanitae wins!
Commentary
See discussion at V.22.
Locations
Found: Theatre.. Original location: Unknown.. Last recorded location: Museum..
History of Recording
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1969 (69.378).
Bibliography
Published by Roueché, Aphrodisias in Late Antiquity no. 59 a and b, and plate xv, whence McCabePHI Aphrodisias841, 842; republished Roueché, Gameboards, no. 5.