Inscriptions of Aphrodisias 2027

8.601. Pavement designs

Description: White marble stylobate and paving blocks.

Text: Scratched on the upper face of the blocks: i: w: 0.30 × h: 0.67, central line incomplete; ii: scratched, with a frame (w: 0.48 × h: 0.58); iii: scratched, with a frame (w: 0.29 × h: 0.60). A cross has been cut across the frame at the west end;

Letters: None.

Date: Second-tenth century CE (context)

Findspot: Aphrodisias: Theatre Baths, East portico: eastern colonnade, i-iii on the stylobate: i. between columns 2 and 3. ii. between columns 6 and 7. iii. between columns 5 and 6. iv. on the paving at the north entrance. v. on the paving of the street itself.

Original location: Theatre Baths, East portico

Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

i
(Gameboard, type 3 Rows.1)
ii
(Gameboard, type 3 Rows.1)
iii
(Gameboard, type 3 Rows.1)
iv
(Two roughly cut boards, type 3 Rows.1 with traces of a third; none have borders; there are also three boards type H.4)
v
(Several circles, including one clearly but irregularly cut, type C.4)

Diplomatic

i
(Gameboard, type 3 Rows.1)
ii
(Gameboard, type 3 Rows.1)
iii
(Gameboard, type 3 Rows.1)
iv
(Two roughly cut boards, type 3 Rows.1 with traces of a third; none have borders; there are also three boards type H.4)
v
(Several circles, including one clearly but irregularly cut, type C.4)

Translation

No translation required.

Bibliography

Transcription: New York University expedition

Publication: Roueché, 2007 4 ; IAph2007 8.601.

Images

Fig. 1. iii (M. Roueché, 1983)

Fig. 2. v (M. Roueché, 1985)