IAph: 8.272. Acclamations of Mardaetus and of the Pytheanitae

Description: Four joining fragments of a white marble panel with a raised rim on all sides (1. 0.89, W. 0.65, 0. 0.16), inscribed on the face with a gameboard, type 3Rows.4, carefully cut on the central panel (w: 0.75 × h: 0.55; circles diam: 0.04; central rosette in circle, diam: 0.09). One side is entirely preserved, and the two ends survive in part.

Text: Inscribed along one long side (a) and the short side to the left of it (b). The other end was not inscribed.

Letters: The letters of the two texts are similar—irregular and rough. av. 0.03—but not identical, a appears to have been cut with a finer point, and has a simple Υ; b has Υ with a cross-bar.

Date: Late fifth century CE (prosopography)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Theatre.

Original location: Unknown.

Last recorded location: Museum.

Interpretive

((Cross)) νικᾷ ἡ τύχη τοῦ Μαρδ̣αητο̣υ̣ ((Cross))

[νικᾷ ἡ τύ]χη τῶν Πυθε̣ανιτῶν.

Diplomatic

† ΝΙΚΑΗΤΥΧΗΤΟΥΜΑΡ.ΑΗΤ.. †

[.......]ΧΗΤΩΝΠΥΘ.ΑΝΙΤΩΝ