Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

8.70. Seat inscriptions: Theatre, loose block

Description: Theatre seat with a back, broken away above, with a deliberate hole created either for awning support, or for subsequent re-use; it bears traces of cement from later use.

Text: Inscribed on the seat.

Letters: 0.025 - 0.05.

Date: Second to sixth centuries CE (context)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Theatre: Theatre field depot

Original location: Theatre: cavea

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Η
νικᾷ ( vac. 5) ἡ τύχ[η]
τῆϲ ( vac. 7) (hole) Λ̣

Diplomatic

Η
ΝΙΚΑ          ΗΤΥΧ[.]
ΤΗϹ              (hole).

Apparatus

3: Perhaps the final word was [πό]λ(εως).

English translation

Translation source: Roueché, PPA

The fortune of the [?city] triumphs!

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition

Publication: Roueché, PPA 46.X.7 , whence PHI PPAphr 46.X, 7; IAph2007 8.70.

Images

Fig. 1. Face (M. Roueché, 1976)