IAph: 8.57. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, Block E

Description: Theatre seats

Text: On surface of seats. Row 2: two texts on one seat; (a) at right angles to the edge, (b) parallel to edge. Row 5: i at south end, then a blank seat, then ii. Row 8: at front edge of seat at east end, which has a damaged surface. The last two lines are written at right angles to the rest, at the left; but they seem to be of the same hand, and to belong. Row 9: on 2 separate seats, i to the east. Row 10: On the seat at the west end, at right angles to the edge. Row 11: on one seat. Row 15: on seats at east end. Row 24.i: on seats at west end. Row 26.i: on a seat which is broken away above. Designs; Row 5.i: 0.29; Row 5.ii: 0.325.

Letters: Row 2: (a) ave. 0.45 (phi 0.13); (b) 0.025. Row 8: cursive, 0.035 - 0.04; there are two dots, ?for abbreviation, over Χ in line 3. Row 9.i: deeply cut, 0.11 high. 9.ii: shallower, 0.08 high. Row 11: shallowly cut. Row 15: letters ave. 0.12, cursive delta.Row 24.i: 0.26. Row 26.i: 0.03 (ο) - 0.05 (χ).

Date: Second-sixth century CE (context)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Theatre: cavea, seats, block E.

Original location: Theatre: cavea

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

2

i

a

Εὐχὴ Ϲτε-
φανᾶ

Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν ( vac. )

(Scattered letters)

5

i

(Circle, type C.1)

(Circle, type C.2)

iii

(Scattered letters)

ΖΩ ( vac. )
ΚΟ̣ΤΝ̣ ( vac. )
ΧΠ
ΕΠ̣

5ΤΥ
ΕΥ

9

i

((monogram))(Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν Πραϲίνων)

((monogram))(Ἡ τύχη τῶν Πραϲίνων)

(Head and shoulders of a figure with a complex hairdo, or head-dress, turning slightly to the right.)

((monogram))(Νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τῶν Πραϲίνων)

(Circle, type C.13)

( vac. ) | ΥΚΕΔ | ( vac. ) | Κ̣Χ | Ω̣ | (steps)

16

i

(A phallus)

(Scattered letters)

17

i

(Square, type S.3)

(Scattered letters)

20

i

(Square, type S.3)

Νικᾷ
ἡ τύχ | [η]

iii

(Scattered letters)

21

i

ΤΥ

(Scattered letters)

(steps) | ( vac. ) | ( vac. ) | κα̣τ | [έχεται]

(Scattered letters)

26

i

[---]Ο̣Ι̣
Υ̣ Α̣ Η̣ΧΗ βοή(θι) το Ϲ̣ [---]
δούλο ϲ(ου) Γεώ(ργιο) ( vac. )

(Scattered letters)

Diplomatic

2

i

a

ΕΥΧΗϹΤΕ
ΦΑΝΑ

ΝΙΚΑΗΤΥΧΗΤΩΝ

(Scattered letters)

5

i

(Circle, type C.1)

(Circle, type C.2)

iii

(Scattered letters)

ΖΩ
Κ.Τ.
ΧΠ
Ε.

5ΤΥ
ΕΥ

9

i

(Head and shoulders of a figure with a complex hairdo, or head-dress, turning slightly to the right.)

(Circle, type C.13)

| ΥΚΕΔ | | .Χ | . | (steps)

16

i

(A phallus)

(Scattered letters)

17

i

(Square, type S.3)

(Scattered letters)

20

i

(Square, type S.3)

ΝΙΚΑ
ΗΤΥΧ | [.]

iii

(Scattered letters)

21

i

ΤΥ

(Scattered letters)

(steps) | | | Κ.Τ | [......]

(Scattered letters)

26

i

[---]..
...ΧΗΒΟΗΤΟ.[---]
ΔΟΥΛΟϹΓΕΩ

(Scattered letters)

Translation

Row 2 (a) Prayer of Stephanas (b) The fortune triumphs of the [...

Row 8: It is hard to make any sense of this text, or even to be sure in what order to read the letters; but it seems possible that there are the initial letters of several names : Ζω(τικος), Τυ(χικος), Ἐπ(?), Εὐ(?).

Row 9.i. (The fortune of the Greens triumphs !)

Row 9.ii. (The fortune of the Greens)

Row 11: (The fortune of the Greens triumphs)

Row 24: Reserved

Row 26.i: - help your servant George.