<rs type="textType">Seat inscriptions</rs>: Stadium Block 8

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (1993).

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Description of Monument

Stadium seats.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the seats. Row J: on seats at west end. Row V: cut on the front rim of one seat. Row W: on the front rims of seats, starting on second from west end. Row X: on the front rims of seats, starting at west end.

Letters

Row J: 0.13. Row V: 0.07. Row W: carefully cut, standard forms with seriphs; 0.08. Row X: well-cut, cursive; 0.06.

Date

Second to sixth centuries A.D. (context)

Edition

Μ̣ Α Σ

ΑΛ

Ω Ρ

ΟΡ̣̣ ΑΒ Ἡρωδιανοῦ ?. . . ][ . ]Ρ 3 seats Ω̣

Apparatus

Row X: The letter after the first Ο (which is certain) might be Θ. After the Β there is what appears to be an apostrophe, presumably as an abbreviation mark.

Translation

Row X: ... of ] Herodian[os ...

Commentary

See bibliography.

Locations

Stadium: seats, block 8. Findspot Findspot

Text Constituted From

Transcription (Reynolds, Roueché). This edition: Roueché (2007).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

Published by Roueché, PPA 45.14.

Photographs

Row J (1977)

Row V (1977)

Row W (1977)

Rows W and X (1975)

Row X (1977)

Row X (1975)