Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

2.15. Fragment

Description: White marble revetment fragment.

Text: Inscribed on the face before re-use.

Letters: Second to third centuries; quite large.

Date: Second to third centuries CE (lettering, context)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Bouleuterion/Odeon, cavea: reused to patch the floor of the orchestra.

Original location: Bouleuterion/Odeon, cavea

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

[---]ΩΔ[---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΩΔ[---]

Translation

No translation possible

Commentary

It is inevitably tempting to suggest that this was part of the word ὠδεῖον, but there are alternatives - e.g. [τ]ῳ δ[ήμῳ], so that the temptation should be resisted.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition Odeon 14

Publication: IAph2007 2.15; Reynolds, 2008b 5, whence SEG 58.1161.

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