<rs type="textType">Gladiator memorial</rs> for Xanthos

Charlotte M. Roueché2007

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Originally published in Roueché (1993).

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Description of Monument

A white marble altar-stele, with simple moulding above on three sides, and below on face only (H. 0.85, W. 0.36, D. 0.40). On the face is a relief (damaged) of a gladiator (retiarius); he has body armour and ?a helmet; he holds the trident in both hands, across his body, facing left.

Description of Text

Inscribed on the upper moulding

Letters

standard forms, 0.03

Date

Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, content)

Edition Ξάνθος

Translation

Xanthos.

Commentary

For this name used by a gladiator, Robert, Gladiateurs, 299, cites ILS 5133

Locations

Walls, North to the north of the north wall of the Stadium (1892) with 12.13, 12.16; With these should probably be associated 10.101, seen by Gaudin in 1904, 'in the Stadium'. Unknown Museum

Text Constituted From

Publications; notebooks; transcripion (Reynolds, Roueché)

History of Recording

Copied by Kubitschek (K V 21), and by Reichel (R.I.11) with 12.13, 12.16; recorded by the NYU expedition.

Bibliography

mentioned by Kubitschek and Reichel, no.2, whence Robert, Gladiateurs, nos 158, 159, and 160; published from Reichel's notes by Robert, Hell. V, 93-5. Published by Roueché, PPA 25.

Photographs

Face (1978)

Face (1989)

Face (1990)

Representations

Reichel, notebook I, 11

Kubitschek, notebook III, 63